Even the Democratic Party insiders are tired of Al Gore.

The Religion of Peace is having a busy but unproductive weekend, as attempts to hijack an EL AL passenger plane, gas the London subway system, and bomb a hotel in Yemen, have all been foiled.

Nancy Pelosi was the featured guest on NBC News Meet the Press this morning. Among her various reality-defying statements was: "we want to make sure that we can resolve [the Iraq confrontation], show our greatness by resolving it diplomatically rather than just showing our power by going in militarily." Yet she gave no hint of what a diplomatic solution might conceivably look like. And Russert was too polite to press her on it.