I missed the blues on Thursday, so let there be blues today.

Before I get to the meat of the weekend, I have to note something that I really need to add my way-outside-the-power $0.02 cents to, specifically the latest part of the……

For many of his supporters, Barack Obama is an idea. He offers “hope, not fear”. “Hope” of what? “Hope” of “change.” Okay, but “change” to what? Ah, well, there you go again, getting all hung up on three-dimensional reality, when we’ve moved way beyond that…The Obamacons — that’s to say, conservatives hot for Barack- – justify their decision to support a big-spending big-government Democrat with the most liberal voting record in the Senate by “hoping” that he doesn’t mean it, by “hoping” that he’ll “change” in office. “I sure hope Obama is more open, centrist, sensible” declared reformed conservative Ken Adelman, “than his liberal record indicates.”

“Change” based on “senseless hope”.

Regarding the media, the core problem is a liberal monoculture among reporters and editors in major newsrooms. They’re in such an echo chamber that it’s almost impossible for them to realize they don’t represent the neutral center of American politics. (Bernard Goldberg’s Bias is an excellent book on the topic.)

What the media needs is an “affirmative action” program for conservatives and moderates.

I must admit, I enjoyed seeing Sarah on SNL – after being skewered for weeks by the show and particularly Tina Fey, she demonstrated that she has the guts to walk directly into the lions den and face her detractors head-on. She also got a favorable reaction from the studio audience, and got a few ‘barbs’ of her own in on Baldwin, another of her detractors. Overall, I thought it to be a good move on her part.