Top Dem strategist declares Fox News fairest!

Only a few months ago, top Democrats and their strategists thought that Fox News Channel was a child of the devil and a place no sainted liberal should ever, ever tread. Or at least they made those sounds to appease the MoveOn.org extremist left.

Now, one of Sen. Hillary Rodham-Clinton’s top aides, Howard Wolfson, is “going native” and joining Fox News after declaring that FNC was the fairest in its coverage after NBC, CBS, ABC and CNN all seemed to Wolfson to be “in the tank” for Obama.

“I thought that Fox’s coverage during the primary was comprehensive and fair and evenhanded,” Wolfson told the New York Times on Monday. “It’s a huge audience, and it is important to have a strong, progressive voice on the network.”

Wolfson joins Karl Rove, President George W. Bush’s top campaign strategist for two terms in the White House, on FNC. While it’s not clear yet how the news network plans to utilize the services of Rove and Wolfson, it’s a sure bet they won’t be paid merely to hawk Phentermine.

Here’s one vote for pairing the two on a Hannity and Colmes type debate and interview show. How’s Rove and Wolfson sound?

Israel tests new anti-missle system

It’s not exactly as humble as farmhouse sinks, but Israel successfully tested a missle intercept system over the weekend. This system, code-named Iron Dome, is scheduled to be fully operational within a year and is built to defend the country from missle attacks originating from southern Lebenon and the Gaza Strip.

The system is designed to be effective against mortar fire and other small rockets, which have small windows of warning and intercept opportunity. Considering the constant Middle East bruhahah, especially with Iran becoming increasingly emboldened, with Iranian President Mahmoud Achmadinijad frequently talking about a forthcoming destruction of Israel, the time for such advanced defenses us likely in the “no time like the present” category.

McCain to balance budget by 2012?

GOP presidential hopeful John McCain will promise today that he will balance the federal budget within four years – by the end of his presumptive first term in office. He plans to do this by eliminating wasteful spending and overhauling entitlement programs – including Social Security. So much for those retirement Hilton Head rentals we were all hoping for!

“In the long-term, the only way to keep the budget balanced is successful reform of the large spending pressures in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid,” the McCain campaign says in a policy paper to be released Monday. “The McCain administration would reserve all savings from victory in the Iraq and Afghanistan operations in the fight against Islamic extremists for reducing the deficit. Since all their costs were financed with deficit spending, all their savings must go to deficit reduction.”

It’s a step in the right direction, but WonderfulPessimsit.com speculates he’ll make more headway with voters by keeping the “drill here, drill now, pay less” bandwagon issue front and center throughout the election season and into election day in November.