"The voters trust Hillary Clinton."
-Terry McAuliffe on MSNBC

Really? Is that what the voters are saying? I believe that recent polling begs to differ.

Check out this article from the Washington Post.

Alright, not for my favorite story of the week: President Bush is throwing a huge birthday party for the Pope in honor of his visit. 12,000 people have been invited to the event (the previous record for the Bush administration was 7000 for Queen Elizabeth) and it is scheduled for Wednesday, on the Pope's birthday. Only one minor detail... the Pope isn't coming.

Alright, while there are a huge number of legitimate news stories out there to comment on, I've got to take a moment to take care of a true plague upon this great nation of ours: the suffix -gate.
Can we just agree as a people to stop with the -gates? Bittergate? Can we really promote what is, at worst, a poorly worded comment to -gate status?

Mark Penn is gone as Hillary's chief strategist. Well, officially at least. All this seems to stem from a Colombian trade deal that could be a thorn in Mrs. Clinton's political side.
So with another member of the Clinton Brain Trust gone, is this yet another sign of what appears to be inevitable?
Here's hoping someone in the Clinton camp learns to read the writing on the wall before the Democratic chances are gone and we see the election of Bush III. (Or as Rachel Maddow likes to call him: Senator Bomb-Bomb.)