I believe humans get a lot done, not because we’re smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee. ~ Flash Rosenberg

Blue Crab Boulevard False Hope — “Michael Graham has a piece in the Boston Herald that really is a must read. It points out the one thing that the Democrats have not addressed in all the election year hoopla. All the sideshows and carnival barker antics aside, where’s the one plan that matters?”

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Signed In Broad Daylight — “Twenty years after an amnesty that utterly failed to fix the problem, the border problem finally has received some attention. And while Bush still wants to address the issue of the millions of illegal immigrants already in the country, at least some progress has been made towards securing the border to solve the most pressing problem first: the illegal entry into the US.”

Outside The Beltway (James Joyner) Air America Skirting Campaign Finance Laws? — “Many of us have argued from the beginning that attempts to stifle political speech were not only unconstitutional but doomed to failure. After all, we’ve had several attempts since 1974 and all we’ve accomplished is to ensure that every major campaign and interest group is in technical violation of the law. More money is going into politics than ever before and, since politicians need to raise tons of cash in tiny increments, they spend most of their time fundraising. Talk about your unintended consequences.”