I said, ‘Let’s start doing some Glenn Beck stuff, but in praise of Glenn Beck.’ But every time we do one, he will have done something dumber. He raised the stupid bar and now it’s nearly inapproachable. I worry that if we use that as a model … if somebody doesn’t believe what they’re saying, it’s very hard to out-stupid them. Because then there’s no place to sink our hook into, there’s no mountain to climb there. I can’t climb Glenn Beck since there’s nothing there.

— Stephen Colbert, on the paradoxical difficulty of mocking Glenn Beck’s outsize TV antics.

Nothing quite sums up the differences between print and new media like the January 2010 cover of Golf Digest. Print — despite the likely fervent wishes to the contrary of the editors who came up with, “10 Tips Obama Can Take From Tiger” — is forever.

I will not leave until my friends in the Senate have completed their work. My attitude is if they are making these sacrifices to provide health care to all Americans, the least I can do is be around and provide them any encouragement and last-minute help.

— President Obama, on delaying his planned Hawaii vacation until the Senate passes the health care reform bill.

The “11th Command- ment” was coined it in 1966 during Ronald Reagan’s gubernatorial campaign: “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” Man, people in that party have broken that commandment more times than the ones about adultery, covetousness and stealing combined.

The Washington Times, in an exclusive, reports that Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has four agencies booking him speaking engagements for which he receives between $8,000 to $20,000 plus first-class travel and accommodations.

That Pres. Obama has nominated more Hispanic or Latino appointees than any of his predecessors might indicate more about how well and broadly this group has assimilated in American society than about his commitment to diversity.

They’re willing to basically flip the bird to the American people on this issue and slip it in in the dead of night.

— RNC Chairman Michael Steele, always there with a classy one-liner, quoted by Think Progress, on Senate Democrats voting for cloture on the health care bill at 1 a.m.

Face it — the “Aughts” as this first decade of the 2000s is being called, sucked. At least a majority of Americans (50 percent) think so, as opposed to a 27 percent minority who have positive thoughts about the decade.

If the bill passes the Senate this week, there will be more chances to make changes to it before it becomes law. But if the bill dies this week, there is no second chance to vote yes. What those who care about health insurance reform need to realize is that unless we get 60 votes now, there will be no health care reform at all. Not this year, not in this Congress — and maybe not for another generation.

— Vice President Joe Biden, writing for the New York Times on health care reform.