Monday Grab-Bag

There are a lot of things I could conceivably write about today, but I don't feel like being constrained by a single topic, so I'm going to jump around a little if you don't mind (or even if you do -- nyah):

• Newt Gingrich says that the odds that a Democrat will be elected president in 2008 are about 80/20. One can only hope he's right. I would put it at 90/10 if anyone but Hillary is nominated and 50/50 if she is.
• O.J. Simpson is in jail again, arrested for armed robbery. You have to wonder who's going to defend him (he hasn't got the money for a "dream team" this time) or if the jury might be tempted to do a "jury mullification in reverse" (is there such a legal term?) -- where they decide to vote guilty because he got off on the murder rap ten or so years ago. Although from what I hear the whole thing was captured on tape so it might be a moot point.
• Alan Greenspan finally spilled the beans this weekend when he said in his new book: "I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil." He has since tried to backtrack from that comment, but those attempts have been unsuccessful. President Bush is reported to have been "surprised" by Greenspan's comments, but it reminds me of Washington's definition of a "gaffe": when someone accidentally tells the truth.
• The bathroom stall at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport where Idaho Senator Larry Craig executed his now-notorious "wide stance" (and was arrested by an undercover officer) has become an unexpected tourist attraction. People are asking strangers to take their picture taken in front of the bathroom. So if you're passing through and you spot Inmotion Entertainment (a DVD rental store), ask Kelly (a young lady who works in the store) to take your picture. Maybe you can talk her into coming inside and taking your picture in the actual stall where Craig was busted. It's the second one from the right. Just don't tap your foot while you're inside -- after all, you never know who's in the next stall.

Tom Moran