Waiting for Convention

Today's the day, 45 years to the day MLK gave the Dream speech. NPR had a short piece this morning on the history of that speech. Apparently King abandoned his prepared text about halfway through and, at the urging of Mahalia Jackson who was standing behind him saying "tell them about the dream, Martin," did so.
It's a grey day here, and misty. Talk is that Hurricane Gustav might interfere with Republican plans for Monday. Somebody thinks McCain will choose Condi. How can you have a vice president who can never leave the country for fear of being taken into custody and tried for war crimes? Come to think of it, why hasn't that happened yet?

Anyway, here's a little early morning reading from the Wapo. Nugget:

Committee chairmen have been advised to steer clear of troop withdrawal legislation until the spring, to give Obama time to mobilize a diplomatic offensive and get the Iraqi government and its neighbors more involved in maintaining regional stability.

In tandem with that challenge, the prospect of defeat on an issue as big as universal health insurance is already kindling memories of 1994. Some Democrats argue that Obama should start with universal health insurance for children and a federally backed catastrophic health insurance fund that would lower the costs of traditional insurance policies and take the pressure off businesses tempted to drop employee coverage.