"...always predictable comments are worthless.." My birdcage might disagree...!

Toobin from CNN says he thinks today was a "train wreck" for the administration...

Algae may, in fact, be the fuel source of the future, but today IS NOT the future. We need to drill and get more of our domestic oil into the pipeline, if only from a national security perspective. Iam concerned that future generations will face a true scarcity of oil, but we have to use what we know and have while we develop alternatives. That's the only course that makes sense. Drill now, farm algae later.

His only leg up will most likely involve either a fire hydrant or a bush....

Through November, Paul's FEC records showed 112 "military contributors" to his campaign - out of more than 11000 campaign donations.

Ryan, You're making the assumption that just because someone shows up at a caucus they aren't "the stupid, the ignorant and the incompetent" and are "actually interested and informed." The mere fact that so many of the caucus goers are die-hard Paul supporters who consistently say it's Paul or nobody belies your assumption.

Remember this is a Chapter 11 restructuring and not a liquidation - right now the apparent plan is to somehow stay in business. Even if it were a liquidation we could be talking about negotiations for raw materials still in stock, work-in-progress, building fixtures, a whole number of things that have to be liquidated.

Actually, this isn't that uncommon. Many businesses, whether it be a bankruptcy, a reorganization, loss of a major contract, etc, will incentivize key individuals to stay until either a date certain or until a particular set of circumstances are met. The companies rationalize that the cost of doing so is less than the cost of recovering from or reacting to the the loss of the employees. It just so happens that Solyndra is getting the spotlight placed on it.

Should Paul win the nomination, the best thing we could hope for would be an Obama second term. Paul and his ideas are just plain frightening.

Well said, Star, well said!