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1:12 p.m., April 29: Time to classify Excessive Anglophilia as a disease. Most TV anchors would be immediately hospitalized.
11:28 p.m., May 1: Most tweeps happy. A few are so bitterly anti-Obama they can’t even celebrate this triumph (4 POTUS & military). Grow up.
11:54 p.m., May 1: Now I have some loony-left tweeps worried about OBL’s “suffering” & our celebration of his death. Puh-leaze!
12:16 a.m., May 2: U.Va. students on steps of Rotunda singing national anthem. Wonder how many places are seeing similar scenes in USA? Plenty no doubt.
7:03 a.m., May 2: Who says students are apathetic? Last night suggests otherwise. Spontaneous college rallies all over nation.
11:26 p.m., May 2: Has there ever been less attention in the USA to a Canadian election? What if they gave an election and no one in the States followed it?
11:28 p.m., May 2: Results are dramatic. PM Stephen Harper (C) gets 1st majority ever, leftist NDP supplants Liberals as Opposition. Bet on Canadian $ to rise.
11:31 p.m., May 2: Man-on-street interviews reveal coming Obama dilemma. Bin Laden death has caused many Americans to push for quick Afghan pull-out.
2:32 p.m., May 3: Small gains for Obama job approval in 2 new polls, to 52% (CNN) & 56% (Pew/WaPo). Advance limited by party polarization, bad economy.
2:33 p.m.. May 3: Good measure of hard-core opposition to Obama: CNN poll shows 30% disapprove of POTUS on TERRORISM despite Bin Laden killing.
2:50 p.m., May 3: Oft-heard:”Glad OBL killed rather than arrested–no costly trial,long delays,showboating lawyers.” What does this say about our system?
10:59 p.m., May 3: Disgraceful: NBC entertainment div. continues to air Trump’s TV show after he claims to be running.Like Trump,they make up their own rules.
11:03 p.m., May 3: Couldn’t White House have taken time to get details right after OBL success? “Revised facts” only encourage conspiracy nuts.