Thank you for your coffee, seignor. I shall miss that when we leave Casablanca. ~ Ingrid Bergman

In The Bullpen (Chad Evans) U.S. Soldier Returns from Iraq and Tells ABC We Aren’t Getting the Full Iraq Picture — “As posted the other day, a Reuters panel concluded the very same thing; that we aren’t getting the full picture of Iraq. In most areas of news, violence overrides other events.”

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Immigration Compromise Dies On Democratic Obstinacy — “We have a historic opportunity to do something right for border security and immigration policy for the first time in generations through the control of the House, Senate, and White House. Just as they did with judicial nominees, the Republican Senate caucus has shown a lack of will to fight for its agenda — and they will inspire a similar lack of enthusiasm among conservative voters in November if they continue to run up the white flag every time the Democrats challenge them on core issues.”

The American Thinker (Thomas Lifson) Laws are not optional — “Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, has taken into his pretty little head the notion that he gets to pick and choose which laws to enforce. He flouted state law when he performed bogus “marriages” of homosexual couples, and now he has announced that he will flout any federal legislation that criminalizes assisting illegal immigration.”

Michelle Malkin COX & FORKUM VS. NBC/DATELINE — Michelle performs a bit of a bump draft on the NBC news-making department.

bRight & Early (Jim Lynch) New NASCAR Entry — Yes, I know this is my own site. I just want to make sure that visitors to this entry see my contribution to the NASCAR/Dateline story.