OBAMA ROCKS

It's almost like there's too much noise around FAHRENHEIT 9/11 to watch it with a clear head, and I still wonder whether it will change minds. Bush is such an easy, wide-ass target by now that as his defenders grow more shrill, his critics seem to carp in vain. I wish Moore was more responsible with his data, had more insight, provided more context on the Iraqi footage, and in general was more of a journalist. But my wife [SKL] says that's wanting it to be something it's not. Goeffrey O'Brien is pretty persuasive on this. (See how generous we're being after O'Brien got SUCKED IN to Mystic Fever?)

Elsewhere in that same issue, Gary Wills surpasses himself on Bill Clinton. Every time Wills peaks like this, you think he's found his subject. If you haven't read Nixon Agonistes, or Innocents at Home: Reagan's America, you have only yourself to blame.

SKL made a very good point last night about Ron Reagan Jr.'s speech: it's a coup for Dems because he's a surrogate for Nancy. She's spoken up about stem cell research, and gotten the cold shoulder from her grand old party. Ron was up there for her, as a symbol of how cutting the Dems are getting without mentioning GW's name. How savvy: very little of what even Ted Kennedy said could be used in an ad declaring the convention a "hatefest." I'm heading down to the Fleet center tonight to meet up with my sister, Ann, a labor floor whip. Stay tuned.

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL:

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT DVD

Does anybody out there know if this show got picked up yet for another season?