While Bill's monologue had a definite stand-up in a club feel, his extemporaneous TV work was the better for his years of experience on stage. His panel tonight made up for any lack of polish in the opening segment.

To open the new season, Bill assembled a super panel. I was particularly happy to see Mark Cuban on the panel.

Mark was right in his assessment about the problems that exist with voting machines and the need for accountability in the counting of the votes. As he mentioned, if we can't trust the count itself, none of the rest matters.

Mark was also right in his thoughts about corporations and the effects that higher corporate taxation or expenses have on the workers when corporations have to maintain expectations for their bottom line and EPS figures.

Tony Snow is wrong in his attacks on people like Matt Taibbi who question the credibility of the administration and showed the typical administration tactic of spinning the discussion to put the burden on those not responsible for the mis-information.

It's very true that the common person often does not vote in his or her self-interest. I also believe that Mark's observation that Americans don't have a solid understanding of the issues to be valid.

Catherine Crier's warning about the impending fall-out from the sub-prime mortgage crisis was right on target, particularly given her experience during the S&L crisis.

Love the Blogga Please segment, even if my questions never get asked...

Missed New Rules, but I can understand that writers would need to support it, so am happy to wait for them to get a fair deal before it comes back.