Right Now

OK - is it just me or is anyone else already sick of talking about 2008? Chris Matthews is obsessed with 2008. Why don't we focus on right now? We have a couple of wars that need some obsessing over. A genocide in Darfur that has spread to neighboring Chad could use some attention. The ridiculous cost of healthcare in our fine country should be protested in the streets. The lack of a raise in minimum wage, the lack of money spent on New Orleans, the lack of funds for our wounded soldiers, the price of oil, the loss of our rights, the loss of habeas corpus, there's a whole lot to report about and yet we're stuck on 2008.

We just had an election last month, the new Congress hasn't been sworn in yet. Let's stay focused on the present.

Please.