When a Democrat stands before a judge after straying from the straight and narrow you can expect that he will admit to having made a mistake and, what the heck, everybody makes mistakes. That's why they put erasers on pencils.
When somebody asks why Barack Obama isn't flying over storm-ravaged Kentucky the way they asked why George Bush why he didn't fly over New Orleans after Katrina, you can bet his flunkies will say it was a mistake.
Here's a tragedy where hundreds of thousands of people are shivering in frigid weather without electricity, and Barack Obama is hosting Super Bowl Parties in the warm and comfy White House.
When George Bush didn't go the New Orleans it was seen as a crime of enormous proportions. When Barack Obama gives a party instead of giving aid and comfort to ice-stricken Kentuckians, it must be an oversight -- a mistake.
How many more mistakes are we going to hear about as President Obama goes about picking nominees for top administration posts?
Make no mistake about it -- if what we have seen so far is any indication, there will be other mistakes.