Another notable milestone of the week is the 30th anniversary of the Iran Hostage Crisis, when Iranian students stormed the American embassy and took hostage dozens of Americans for 444 days, memorable released the day of Ronald Reagan's inauguration (to the great dismay of Jimmy Carter).
A few years ago, I read a great book by Mark Bowden called Guests of the Ayatollah which recounted this crisis. His journalistic background made the tale a real page-turner, and for someone who was only a pre-schooler during those years, gave some real insight into what happened, what the repercussions were, and why Carter handled the entirely incident so ineptly, including that failed rescue attempt.
Last night was another milestone, as the GOP recaptured the governor's office in both Virginia and New Jersey. Bob McDonnell's win was expected; Chris Christie's was hoped for in the wake of the inept way zillionaire Jon Corzine ran the state, not to mention all sorts of tangled ethical issues. It wasn't a total GOP sweept--Hoffman lost in NY-23--but considering how crazy that election was, it was a pretty successful night. So good news in PA supreme court races, Maine's voters rejected gay marriage to the consternation of many libs (ahem, "progressives"), and the 2010 election season has officially started. Granted this was no referendum (according to the MSM) on Obama, though I think it was Jonah Goldberg's comment that summed it up. Something about how if Obama was only good for gushing profiles of Michelle and Miley Cyrus tickets, then hey, let his coattails be even longer!
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