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The Las Vegas odds-makers, the jellyfish experts, and the spelunkers were correct with their predictions about President Obama and the extension of the tax cuts for the wealthy. Yep, he caved.

Republicans are working on what they will ask President Obama to cave on in 13 months when the unemployment benefits come due again for renewal.

President Obama's new slogan for the 2012 presidential race may not work quite as well as his slogan "Yes, We Can" in 2008. "Yes, We Cave" just doesn't have the same lofty ring.

Future Speaker of the House John Boehner cried three different times during the interviews by Lesley Stahl on "60 Minutes" last week. Then Boehner watched the segment on TV, and cried again.

In a memo to all Republicans in Congress, Republican strategist Frank Lutz advised, "Never replace the phrase 'trickle down' with the wording 'urine stream'."

Presumably without compromising, President Obama recently signed the Child Nutrition Act, endorsed by first lady Michelle Obama. He joked that otherwise he might have been sleeping on the couch. In the meantime, Progressives have refocused their efforts on getting the first lady's support for legislation in the future. They call it "The Couch Strategy."

Time magazine named that Zuckerberg kid, the founder of Facebook, as the person of the year. The choice made future Speaker of the House John Boehner cry.

OK, let me get this right (or maybe reich would be the more precise word if it's up to the censors). The government has fits about WikiLeaks and probably does its bullying best to make sure Americans can't find the site, while, on the other hand, we can be bothered by someone who wants to buy a chicken for their fake Farmville on Facebook, learn on AOL what Taylor Swift is doing on her birthday, and probably surf a zillion online porn sites. But, no, don't try to find the WikiLeaks site.

Though hundreds, if not thousands, of people at all kinds of levels in the military and government, had access to material that eventually found its way to WikiLeaks, the government is going to prosecute a military private. Said the Secretary of State, said the Secretary of Defense, said the state department officials, said the defense department officials, said the diplomats, said the generals, said colonels, said the majors, said the lieutenants, said the sergeants, said the corporals, "Blame the privates."

This week's episode of the TV show "Celebrities Chasing Squirrels" features Bill O'Reilly fighting a squirrel for a nut. O'Reilly is mean, so the squirrel didn't have a chance.

President Obama called in former President Bill Clinton to try to sell his compromise on the tax cuts for the rich. Seeing Clinton again at the lectern was about as refreshing as kicking a skunk. But Obama couldn't call in former President Jimmy Carter, who took the Democratic Party to the center and then didn't win a second term, or former President George H.W. Bush who compromised on his famous "Read my lips" tax promise and didn't win a second term, or former President George W. Bush who already urged passage of tax cuts for the rich years ago. And since all other former presidents, many of whom were actually strong and tough, are dead, well, that left Bill Clinton.

The national news media went ga-ga when former President Bill Clinton showed up to point his finger and lock his jaw at Obama's presidential lectern. The U.S. Olympics committee declared that news personalities Chris Matthews and Chuck Todd performed the most perfect cart-wheels.

Former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson of the Debt Commission commented about the progress of the commission proposals, "Throw a rope around it and then see if any muskrats will gnaw at it." Asked about why he called senior citizens greedy, he replied, "Some grasshoppers are green and some grasshoppers are brown and fly farther." Asked about the large cost of war, he said, "Only dance when you can hear the drums." Asked what he means any time he speaks, he answered, "The mud is deep on the wet side of the river bank."