OH LAWD, OBAMA GETS A MAJOR ENDORSEMENT – AT 10:15 A.M ET:  I don't know what we can do to counter this.  This will surely put Obama over the top.   Who is this new, exciting endorser?  From the Washington Post:

His Excellency Brother Leader Moammar Gaddafi, Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya...

..."I really endorse and support the policies that he has adopted so far," Brother Leader said Monday afternoon in a video teleconference arranged by the World Affairs Councils of America. Gaddafi referred affectionately to the president as "our son Barack Obama," helpfully translating Obama's name from the Arabic: "Barakah -- blessing."

"We would like to greet the American people who voted for their son, Mr. Barack Obama," Gaddafi, resplendent in a burnt orange cape, informed the audience watching from the National Press Club. Speaking through an interpreter, the colonel continued: "He is from Africa, from an African descent."

From Africa? Birther alert!

Gaddafi was not done stirring up conspiracy theorists. "The Muslim world welcomed very much the arrival of Obama to the presidency, because the ordinary citizen knows that President Obama is a youth of an African descent," the Guide of the Revolution added. "He comes from, originally from a Muslim family, maybe even of an Arab origin. . . . And at least psychologically, it was very useful."

COMMENT:  You know, somehow I understand Gaddafi's endorsement.  It actually makes quite a bit of sense, a compliment we usually don't extend to Brother Leader. 

I don't think you'll see the White House bragging about this, but we can legitimately ask (can't we?) why a screwball like Gaddafi would be so enthusiastic about a president of the United States. 

The answer is pretty obvious.

April 28