Oscar Morning Update

Spring Break starts Friday so there goes my PC access for a week!

Ken Salazar, though labeled as a moderate Senator, prefers to be thought of as reflecting western independence. Does anyone know what we label Michael Jackson as anymore?

While the GOP is fighting to take away fictional characters, "Several Democrats, especially Sen. Evan Bayh and Mayor Bart Peterson, have their own initiatives for strengthening fatherhood and the family." At which point, President Bush started drinking with his daughters.

President Bill Clinton took the stage in Japan and was shy of announcing on behalf of Hillary Rodham Clinton as to whether she'll run or not. Go back to late 90's and early 2000's and another Bill Clinton will say this: "I tell you that I hope and expect some day I'll be voting for Evan Bayh for President of the United States."

Interesting article. Does anyone know why no Senators stood up in 2000?

James R. Carroll's Sunday column talks about Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana.

This week it was a look at the Democrats, and Sabato agrees that New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is the early frontrunner. Her pluses, he says, are her name, her fund-raising ability and her fan base in the party. Her minuses: baggage and history, Sabato says.

Then there's Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry ("almost no enthusiasm" among Democrats for a rerun, Sabato says), former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards (didn't do much for 2004 ticket, Sabato says), Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Sens. Joe Biden of Delaware and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin -- and Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana.

Bayh, of course, has deflected questions about '08 almost daily.

Sabato points to the political credentials of Bayh winning in a very Republican state, his centrist voting record, his strong family image and "warm, modest style" for television.

"But does he have the passion and commitment to win?" Sabato asks. "Can he rev up his often-bland rhetorical skills? Most of all, can he ever convince an increasingly liberal Democratic electorate to select him instead of an ideological soul mate like Hillary Clinton?"

We have 35 months to find out.

Thirty-five months? This is gonna be a long ride up and down.

Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack PAC's it up. He joins several others in forming a political action committee.

Gov. Mark Warner of Virginia and Richardson have each formed their own political action committees to help candidates during the critical year and a half before the next field of presidential hopefuls begins to jell. Richardson, Vilsack and Warner are all considered potential 2008 candidates and govern in states President Bush, a Republican, carried last year.

Other Democrats considered potential 2008 candidates have also formed federal PACs, including Kerry; his running mate, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards; and Sens. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Hillary Clinton of New York and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.

Will the next CBS News anchor come from Canada? Or will they come from Comedy Central?

Since when was my state representative Bob DeWeese a Democrat? Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought he was a Republican?!?

In a moment of sobering candor, Democratic Caucus Chairman Bob DeWeese of Louisville told The Louisville Courier-Journal that the projects were needed "for our members to bring about their votes."

Serious about comedy?

The Daily Show alum Steve Carell is sharp as office boss Michael Scott, while the show boasts a healthy dose of the same uncomfortable energy that made the U.K. Office a Golden Globe winner.

"(Like Seinfeld), they're not expecting it to do well out of the gate," says exec producer Greg Daniels. "I like the fact that they're going into it knowing that. It's positive that they're taking the long-term viewpoint."

In all seriousness, British shows should not be re-made into American shows!