So Nick Kristof explains why Hilary Clinton is popular with her colleagues:

"Perhaps it's that, according to New York magazine, she surprises other senators by popping up during meetings and asking: Anybody want a coffee?"

Man, is that all it takes? For a second you get the impression that Hils is bustling down to the Senate Cafeteria to hook a few javas for the other kids. Whereas, when you think about it, after taking everyone's order she turns to a Junior Dr. Potomac and orders him to step and fetch'em.

But it's the thought that counts!

And an excellent observation, courtesy of the Volokh Conspiracy, on the Harvard faculty of Arts and Sciences vote of "no confidence" in President Larry Summers:

"They Can't Beat Bush So...Harvard Arts and Science Faculty Votes Against Summers:

It's pretty simple, isn't it? The far left at Harvard is extremely frustrated with political trends in the U.S. Their votes and activism against Bush were not only completely ineffectual, but they don't even have a Democratic governor in one of the most liberal states in the country. So they pick on the closest thing Harvard has to a powerful right-winger: moderate Democrat and university president Larry Summers, who becomes a stand-in for all evil conservative white men, from Bush on down. The far-left faculty finally participates in a vote that it can win, and experiences cartharsis; that'll teach the world to ignore them!"

To which the Ombudsman can only chortle...hah! And hah! again.