There were some distractions Wed. night/Thursday morning, or I would have mentioned sooner. West Wing premiered for the season this week and it was an episode that would have made Alan Sorkin proud. In Israel, two American congressmen and other Americans (I think a Cabinet member, too) were killed in a terrorist attack and President Bartlet’s response…is a peace summit. At one point, advisers are giving him weak intel to try to connect Syria and Iran to the attack, which they’re all content with. “I’m not bombing half the Middle East to make us feel better.” When more protest his peace summit, he proudly exclaims, “I’m trying to find a way to make peace—and when I’m done you can go on TV and explain why you were against it.” He, of course, successfully gets the prime minister of Israel and the head of the PA to sit down by the end of the show. And, throws in an attack on a Syrian terrorist camp simultaneously, so we know Dems do kill bad guys, too.

Correction: That should have been Aaron Sorkin, not Alan.