BULLETIN – OBAMA CONFIRMS IT – AT 7:49 P.M. ET:  Major news from The Politico:

MINNEAPOLIS - President Obama offered a lesson for Republicans that he learned the hard way during his first two years in office.

"Campaigning is different than governing," Obama told reporters Sunday when asked about his meeting with GOP leaders later this week.

COMMENT:  Well, I'm relieved that he confirmed that.  There'd been rumors that he'd state publicly that campaigning was the same as governing, but apparently his advisers talked him out of it.  Also, it is rumored that the president spent an entire week contemplating the nature of campaigning as opposed to the nature of governing.  He supposedly called major religious and moral leaders to get their input. 

So, now it's settled.  Campaigning is different from governing.  I'm just so glad we have a president who has the intellect, the courage, the independence, to come to that conclusion. 

Next week the president tackles the question, "Can a political figure be considered a god?"  Many of us refuse to return to serious commentary until the question is settled.

November 14, 2010