100 Hours of Symbolism

The Democrats are tackling the hard issues and making the difficult choices in their first 100 hours. Today comes a landmark order from Working Grandmother Pelosi to outlaw smoking in the House lobby. A special subcommittee has been formed to look into the feasibility of banning mirrors.

Declaring an end to "smoke-filled rooms" in the Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said smoking would be banned from an ornate meeting area just off the floor of the House of Representatives.

America breathes easier tonight knowing she did it for the children.

Meanwhile, in another entirely predictable and meaningless symbolic gesture, the House will soon vote on hiking the minimum wage, providing hope and optimism for the 479,000 teenagers scraping by on a mere $5.15 an hour. Then again, that's probably their core nutroots constituency, so they know who's in charge.

Someone wake me when this 100-hour ordeal is complete.