We are over dressed and under funded and we party no matter what.

I overslept this morning. I wonder how many other folks had a hard time getting up today. Did you bounce up, ready to jump into your day?

Its good that this dark and damp whether waited until after carnival. I'm looking forward to seeing the economic impact figures from Mardi Gras 07. It looked good from what I saw. The street vendors on around Lee Circle were still selling junk food hours after the end of the truck parades. I hope the nation saw us once again as a good place to vacation, to have a convention, for a honeymoon. We are as elegant or as decadent as one wants us to be. New Orleans is like an old whore who got mugged. We'll do anything for a tourist dollar, including putting up with their abuse. Yes, we are the old woman with a grand history, now soggy from too much booze. We are over dressed and under funded and we party - we party, no matter what.

Whoever wins the Democratic nomination will probably win the presidency. We need to think seriously about what a presidency would be like with each candidate. Is Hillary too polarizing when we need a real uniter? Is Obama too inexperienced when our standing around the world is so low? Is Edwards too easy going for such a tough job? Its awfully early but its a big decision we each will have to make.