1.0 link 17607 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/still-optimistic-about-ir_b_17607.html Before the president delivered his sunny-side up speech on Iraq today, a senior White House official offered a preview: "With this speech the president says 'let me tell you why I'm so positive.'" Hearing that, I expected the speech to be one of the shortest on record: "I'm so positive because I'm a stone-cold fanatic. And God bless America."

It was nearly three years ago that I offered the only possible explanation for the ever-widening chasm...

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