A Nation Sleeps: Lieberman Announces

Paula Zahn is doing a segment on child care. Yahoo News puts it toward the bottom of its daily stories. The Senator's own website doesn't even announce it. Dick Gephardt was supposed to have set a new standard in "quiet" presidential candidacy announcements, but Vinegar Joe seems to be outdoing the rest of the pack in this particular stoneface contest. You'd think our national scold might get some attention as the most Republican Democrat. Then again, maybe former "Silver Sewer Award" recipients Edgar Bronfman, Les Moonves, and Rupert Murdoch have entered into a conspiracy of silence. (I'm disappointed that Bill and Joe apparently haven't awarded a Silver Sewer since 1999. Has our culture stopped degenerating?)