Best line of the day, so far

“If the Democrats are like the dithering ‘Desperate Housewives,’ the Republicans have come across like the counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer on ’24’: fast with a gun, loose with the law, willing to torture in the name of protecting the nation. Except Jack Bauer is competent.”

Maureen Dowd, who adds: “How many things do you have to mess up in the country and the world before you lose your reputation for machismo?”

Update: The Daily Howler reminds us who put the skirts on Gore.