In New Hampshire Clinton talked expanding broadband access and threw in a Stephen Colbert reference as well:

She invoked a half-dozen past Presidents – from Abraham Lincoln to Dwight Eisenhower – and compared expansion of broadband access to the creation of the transcontinental railroad system and the interstate highways.

And borrowing from Stephen Colbert, the Comedy Central host, Mrs. Clinton repeated her familiar lines of attack on the Bush administration, saying that Mr. Bush has waged a “war on science.”

“To paraphrase Stephen Colbert, that great philosopher, this administration doesn’t make decisions based on facts, it makes facts based on decisions,” she said.

From Rudy Giuliani on our relationship with Canada:

“If we get Hillary Care or socialized medicine Canadians won’t have anywhere left to go for good health care.”

Too funny.

Seems minor though the campaign van she was in which hit a motorcycle was totaled and she took off the rest of the day. No injuries to Michelle. Story from ABC News.

During todays debate when asked if he had the authority as president to bomb Iran without Congress he said he would have to consult the lawyers first. I understand what he was saying and frankly I understand the appeal politically of not taking the George Bush style diplomacy BUT at the end of the day it didn’t come off too well.

At the end of the day in my experience for every few lawyers you find who would tell you the president does have the authority you could find a few lawyers who say the opposite. The constitution is kinda vague. Congress seems to have the authority but its been argued for some time now that the president is the commander-in-chief and has the right. Its also been made pretty clear legally that the president has the right to protect the nation if an imminent threat comes about. That can be pretty vague.

So not only was it a bad answer politically (we want the knee jerk ‘I will save America’ reaction ‘at any cost’) and legally but if you want to be president I think most of us would enjoy knowing that you have an idea about these things.

The other day Barack Obama said he wanted to be a “vessel of God” and create a “Kingdom of heaven on Earth” during a speech to a mega-church in South Carolina. FOX New’s John Gibson rightfully asks “What if a Republican had said that?”.

Now I am not normally one to quote John Gibson but I have to say it is a very good question. I know plenty of people in the liberal wing of the Democratic party and I can easily imagine them ripping a conservative to shreds over such a comment.

I think it is pretty savvy of Democrats to be more open about their religious convictions with voters. I don’t always know how genuine such public displays of religion are on either side of the isle but voters want to hear it and Democrats haven’t always done enough to court these voters, many of whom have liberal social views on things like foreign aid, support for the poor and the environment.

However there is a section of the left that has always believed firmly in the separation of church and candidate. This corner has repeatedly taken comments from Republican candidates about their faith and their views, from sex education, creationism and flat out simply suggesting they are in touch with God, and used them to attack.

So where is their ideology now as more Democratic candidates do the same? Where is the outrage pouring from the left which has been courting Obama for months now? I don’t see it and Gibson makes some good points.