From the "…half of 'em are dumber than that" file.

Streak helps fill it up with some notes on a recent poll...

"Fifty-six percent of respondents said that they were not willing to pay more in taxes in order to reduce the deficit, and nearly as many said they were not willing for the government to provide fewer services in areas such as health care, education and defense spending."

Ok, then. 56% of 'em are dumber than that.

OK, then…

…it doesn't look like I'll get my pick at Treasury. I knew it was a long shot. I take some comfort, though, in Professor Reich's apparent comfort with, if not excitement over, the developing Obama economic team. "They are," he observes…

"...not visionaries but we don't need visionaries when the economic perils are clear and immediate. We need competence. Obama could not appoint a more competent group."

Personally, I think competence sounds pretty damned exciting at this point.

So, if not Reich at Treasury, how about Gary Hart at Defense?