Or something to that effect. — Which, I’m pretty sure that’s not what Kevin Costner actually said. Let the healing begin! (h/t Geoff)

Yes, I’m following Tim Tebow on Twitter. But I’m doing so while coveting my neighbor’s ass. Like, a lot. God forgive me.

Color all of us who opposed ObamaCare shocked: Health insurers say they plan to raise premiums for some Americans as a direct result of the health overhaul in coming weeks, complicating Democrats’ efforts to trumpet their signature achievement before the midterm elections. Aetna Inc., some BlueCross BlueShield plans and other smaller carriers have asked for premium increases of between 1% and 9% to pay for extra benefits required under the

Well, maybe I’m paraphrasing a bit. But for what it’s worth, I think I’ve caught the spirit of the thing.

Harsanyi: No doubt it came as a shock to many of you that weatherizing windows couldn’t get a $14 trillion economy cooking again. But if an $800 billion infusion of government and union bailouts failed to spur any decent economic growth, then how is a new “piecemeal” $50 billion stimulus going to work out? Media reports tell me this is more complex. The president has devised an exhilarating new plan

Rick Manning, Americans for Limited Government: How could someone seemingly get everything they touch wrong? You would think proposing tax cuts would be safe territory for our incumbent president, until you examine his actual proposed cuts. President Obama is expected to announce a $200 billion two year tax cut for business to encourage them to move up their capital expenditures and stimulate the economy through their purchases — essentially applying

A thoughtful and rigorous plan. — At least, compared to my own. Which involves jalapeno peppers, a thousand monkeys, and aluminum baseball bats. But then, I’m more of a fire and brimstone guy to begin with.

— What with their being Biblethumping mouthbreathers whose idea of a deep thought routinely ends with “you might be a redneck”…? I don’t know. You tell me. (thanks to Lazarus Long)

So argues Byron York: It’s hard to overstate just how surprised Republicans have been by Obama’s performance. In talking to GOP strategists over the past months, most said something like this: The American people don’t expect Obama to perform miracles. They know he inherited a mess. They don’t think the unemployment rate will magically fall to 4.5 percent. But they do expect the president to devote himself completely to the

Why not? May as well go all in, right? And it ain’t like they won’t find a few GOP Senators willing to take the faux-moralist, eco-friendly plunge for a healthy state kickback. Progress.