I've been complaining to anyone who'll listen that our Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is doing herself absolutely no favors in preparation for a Harold Ford incursion on "her" Senate seat, despite the recent noise that she is "hitting back" and the "gloves are off" etc. As ludicrous as Ford seems to many of us, and wow is he, yes-still he's something of a threat, even though she is loaded for the campaign. He could actually become a halfway serious contender! Here are two things in two days that are not helping!

"Tumbling temperatures prompted emergency measures to help South Florida's homeless" this weekend, is the lead story in today's Miami Herald. Just how cold did it get? "The chilliest of the weekend's cold snap came Sunday, with temperatures hovering around the low 60s throughout the day. At night, the temperature dropped into the upper 40s in Miami-Dade." Oh noes? The terror! "A woman called 911 in Palm Beach County to let them know she was too cold."