Miscellany...

1. My point, exactly. When both the far right and the far left are antsy, it means good things for the prospect of centrist governing.

2. The new Metro homepage is beautiful.

3. Much has been said recently about Illinois governor Rod I'm-Bad-at-Being-Corrupt Blagojevich. However, I think many people have skipped over the real story here: his resemblance to Janet Reno.