Roger T. Gray

It's Caucus Week in Iowa! where it's so cold that well diggers across the state are protecting their posteriors. Brass monkeys are banging on the door to be let in. Witches are wearing electric warming bras. In short, it's chilly.

President Obama could be chosen by the Almighty to emcee the second coming, and his critics would find something to criticize. If Congress is a clown car, then every clown car needs a driver and we know who that is.

This is all about performance art. This is not governing. It is not statesmanship. It is about a slot on Fox and more contributions from the great unwashed. It's the political equivalent of a roadshow of Beetlejuice, but without the fun stuff on row 36.