Sorry, can you repeat that? I'm having trouble hearing you over the roar of your awesomeness

'If Paul Krugman has a good idea, in terms of how to spend money efficiently and effectively to jump-start the economy, then we’re going to do it. If somebody has an idea for a tax cut that is better than a tax cut we’ve proposed, we will embrace it. So, you know, one of the things that I think I’m trying to communicate in this process is for everybody to get past the habit that sometimes occurs in Washington of whose idea is it, what ideological corner does it come from. Just show me. If you can show me that something is going to work, I will welcome it.' - Barack Obama, yesterday

I know I shouldn't be impressed by this shit. This is how politics is supposed to work. The government takes the best ideas from its 300 million armchair executives and implements them, to the benefit of us all. But it's been so long since we heard any messages like this from a guy behind a be-eagled podium that I'm simply amazed.

I genuinely love the idea of government bringing all the smartest, most talented and hardworking people to the yard. That's how you would design one if you were coming up with one from scratch. So far, with a few exceptions, that seems to be Obama's guiding principle.