Initial Unemployment Claims

++Initial unemployment claims were at 265,000. Anything under 300,000 is good news. But why this number is important is because this is the best since 2000. 

++I will not bore you with Jennifer Rubin's rant about the Obama White House flipping out about Bibi's speech. It is clear we are in for a counter-offensive since the NYTimes article hit home. 

++Conservative blogs have been running posts about different Obama operatives acting as political consultants in Israel for campaigns against the Likud coalition. 

++Andrew Sullivan promises you the Dish will go out with a bang once his staff recovers from their hangovers.