and for a new low in politics, we will now analyze Herman Cain's wife's pelvis for honesty

Proving that nothing is too ridiculous to get space these days, US News and World Report turns loose a body language "expert" on Gloria Cain's interview about the sexual harassment charges against her husband.

The money quote:

"Her arms are out in front of her hands, laying one over the other in her lap, which I call a blanket hand cross," Wood says. "She is protecting her pelvis, which signals her feeling like her sexual relationship with her husband has been exposed or attacked, but she is clearly not hiding anything."

Whether Cain is guilty or not, analyzing his wife protecting her pelvis from Greta van Sustern's questions is some how . . . just what you'd expect.

two takes on president obama and wall street

Politico weighs in on the President as the ultimate hypocrite who demonizes Wall Street bankers by day while making them the lynchpin of campaign fundraising (and policy decisions) by night.

Meanwhile, at The Atlantic, columnist Daniel Indiviglio makes the fascinating argument that Wall Street bankers will still make the same amount of money, bonuses or no bonuses, and that they will engage in far riskier behavior without the bonuses.  So, of course, there is therefore nothing to be done to change the situation, because--after all--they are the real government.

mitt romney panders on foreign policy. it can be outsourced to Israel.

Not much point in dicussing this seriously, since Mitt will likely have changed his position by the time you make a comment.

Still, this could reduce the deficit, as Mitt might not even need a Secretary of State, since Israel's already got one:

It seems that a President Romney will allow the Israeli government to decide American policy toward that country. The free daily newspaper Israel Hayom — a media outlet closely associatedwith right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — asked Romney if, as president, he would ever consider moving the American Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In his answer, Romney made some astonishing claims. First, that his policy toward Israel will be guided by Israeli leaders; second, on the Jerusalem issue, he’d do whatever Israel tells him to do; and third, he does not think the United States should take a leadership role in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:

ROMNEY: The actions that I will take will be actions recommended and supported by Israeli leaders. I don’t seek to take actions independent of what our allies think is best, and if Israel’s leaders thought that a move of that nature would be helpful to their efforts, then that’s something I’ll be inclined to do. But again, that’s a decision which I would look to the Israeli leadership to help guide. I don’t think America should play the role of the leader of the peace process, instead we should stand by our ally. Again, my inclination is to follow the guidance of our ally Israel, as to where our facilities and embassies would exist.

the unintentionally ironic headline of the day (or maybe it was intentional)

Romney, Perry spar over who helped illegal immigrants more

From CBS

In any other debate, the winner would be the one who helped people more, right?  So I can sort of understand the headline writer's dilemma.

But still....

rick perry is a birther. who'da thunk it--not

I guess this was predictable.

Wonder if that will make Steve Forbes re-think endorsing him?

WaPo fact check doesn't say that joe biden is insane, just that things he says are insane (and wildly incorrect)

Which shouldn't surprise anybody.

I'm thinking Joe on the campaign trail this year will be a shoe-in for the Spiro Agnew accuracy in speech-making award.