I'm only sleeping

Had a little trouble getting to sleep last night, but I'm hardly the only one.

• The most famous bit of insomnia came overnight on Tuesday, as Harry "Sominex" Reid and his merry band of surrender monkeys decided that they would try sleep deprivation as a policy driver. Didn't work, of course - the days of the all-night filibuster have been gone since Frank Capra and it doesn't count if your Red Bull-addled staffers are the ones staying up; they would do that anyway. Boredom can lead to sleepiness and it's quite possible that as Reid and his compadres continue these sorts of stunts, he might lull enough people into slumber and get his plans across. But as the old saying goes, the price of liberty is eternal vigilance and Mitch McConnell is awake.


• They could use some Red Bull over at the Metrodome. The Tigers have come to town and have now held the Twins to a total of 2 runs over the first two games. Matt Garza was spectacular, but the Twins hitters didn't deign to show up and give him any support in Tuesday's 1-0 loss. Last night the Twins managed to strand several dozen runners on base and lost an eminently winnable game, 3-2. Now our beloved TC Men are 8 games back. They might be running out of time. Dmitri Young, please pick up the white courtesy phone.


• In late breaking news, Valerie Plame's lawsuit against the Bush administration was put to sleep by a federal judge today. That's probably a break for her - personally, I would have loved to see her self-aggrandizing husband Joe Wilson have to testify under oath about his role in all this. People are still laboring under the misimpression that these people were wronged somehow. The attendant publicity such a trial would have engendered would have changed all that, and quickly.


• Is it just me, or is it really quiet in Green Bay right now? I'm not seeing or hearing any Packers news and as the sunsets come quicker and more signs of football are visible, I'm wondering what's going on here. This has been one of quietest off-seasons I've ever seen, Michael Vick notwithstanding. I almost wish Brett Favre would do one of his Hamlet soliloquies just to liven things up.