Yes, thankfully, my downtime has allowed me to completely avoid blogging about the Caucuses or Bush's speech. How wonderful for me!

Regarding Howard Dean's barbaric yawp, here's my favorite response:

Dr Dean's fire and brimstone might have inspired his youth army but it raised questions about him.

Waring Howe Jr, a Democratic National Committee member from South Carolina, said: "He's heading to New Hampshire and those people are serious-minded. They're going to be thinking, 'Who's that cat?"'

WHO DAT CAT?

[UPDATE: You know Dean is hosed when the yawp raises doubts, even for Your Own Mom:

I don't know if you caught Dean's address to his supporters last night but I'm apparently not the only one who thought he looked and sounded really freaky, almost manic. I guess he was caught up in the moment, but it wasn't like he was even the victor though he acted like it!

Very strange!

Dean is doomed.]