Thanks for all the kind supportive e-mail about my appearance on “the panel” last night. For several reasons, I was less pleased with my performance than many generous readers, but it was fun to do (and it’s pretty much impossible to fill in adequately for Krauthammer). Even more problematic, I’m used to watching Special Report with a cocktail in my hand. I suggested to Bret Baier that there’s no reason that had to change last night simply because I was in the studio, but them’s the rules.