Going to the middle

Talk yakker Bill Cunningham continues referring to Barack Obama as Barack Hussein Obama, demonstrating a passion for journalistic thoroughness that he shows for no other candidate. In fairness -- and I'm sure he wants to be fair -- he should also use middle names when referring to other presidential candidates. As a handy guide, here they are: Willard Mitt Romney, Ronald Ernest Paul, Johnny Reid Edwards, John Sidney McCain III, Rudolph William Louis Giuliani, Michael Dale Huckabee, Fred Dalton Thompson and Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton.

Let the campaign begin!