...Preisdent Obama delivered this fantastic speech to honor the life of Abraham Lincoln:

President Obama understands what this nation needs from its leaders. The GOP -- typified by Judd Gregg -- has no clue.

The first comment on my post over at Daily Kos on Judd Gregg's decision to withdraw from consideration for President Obama's cabinet:

What a Dick!

Hard to disagree with that.

By the way, here's what what I wrote:

BREAKING: Judd Gregg's Bipartisan Spirit

Looks like GOP hyperpartisanship has claimed another victim: according to MSNBC television, Judd Gregg has just issued a statement saying that because of his opposition to the stimulus plan and his views on handling the census that he is unwilling to serve in President Obama's cabinet.

Big mistake, Senator Gregg. Not only are you skipping out on an opportunity to serve your country, you're putting a big target on your Senate seat in 2010.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist shows what bipartisanship looks like:

Republicans could learn a thing or two from Gov. Crist. Another poll or two, and they might figure it out. (Or not.)

I'll be posting the Q&A session shortly.

Here's a link to the prepared remarks.

Update (12:17PM): If you missed the Q&A, I've posted the full video at DKTV.

This post is a three-parter.

First, the new GOP chairman, Michael Steele tries to attack the stimulus plan for "creating" jobs (that's the whole point, Mr. Steele!):

(h/t: JJP)

Second, this video is posted from the new beta 2 release of Daily Kos TV. It's undergone a facelift, and more importantly, the video player is now more reliable. There's still more work to be done, but progress is being made. Let me know your feedback!

Third, on a totally different note, I'm not happy with the reported Senate compromise. Unfortunately, it very well could be the best deal that we could get from the Senate, given the requirement that 60 senators waive the budget act to allow deficit spending (not to mentiont he filibuster).

Hopefully, the bill well get better in conference, but it's virtually certain that the it won't do enough for the economy, and that it will force President Obama to go back to the well to boost things up.

The good news here is that the budget process ultimately does not require 60 votes in the senate, so while President Obama was hamstrung by the 60 vote requirement in this round, he won't be in the next.