OBAMA’S MICHAEL DUKAKIS MOMENT on health care. “If ObamaCare isn’t good enough for Sasha, Malia, or Michelle, then it’s not good enough for America.”

INSTA-VISION: Andy Roth and I talk about prospects for ObamaCare and what interested citizens can do.

HERITAGE: CBO Grossly Underestimates Costs of Cap And Trade.

UPDATE: Washington Examiner: Pelosi will profit from Obama-Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade energy bill.

NOT A REAL POSITIVE LEDE IN THIS REPORT ON OBAMA’S INFOMERCIAL: “President Obama struggled to explain today whether his health care reform proposals would force normal Americans to make sacrifices that wealthier, more powerful people — like the president himself — wouldn’t face.” The kicker: That’s the ABC News story . . . .

ELEANOR ACHESON, Lobbyist?

BUZZ ALDRIN: U.S. Space Policy Is on the Wrong Track.

And some related thoughts on another article, here.

CHARLES RANGEL UPDATE: Roll Call: House Ethics Panel to Investigate Caribbean Trips. “Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Del. Donna Christensen (D-Virgin Islands) rejected inquires through their respective offices.”

FABIUS MAXIMUS: “Evidence continues to pour in that our government needs to be shaken like a dirty rug.” Note that this is not an anti-Obama screed.

GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS: “Inflation has also been tame. In May, consumer prices posted their largest annual drop in 59 years, driven by a continued sharp drop in consumer demand.” Hooray!

HOPE AND CHANGE: California set to issue IOUs as fiscal crisis weighs.

Plus, Fading of the Dollar’s Dominance: Other Nations See Opening to Boost Their Currencies. Well, it was up a bit today, but . . . .

CHASING THE SUN:

But there is a big if in this scenario of urban transformation. It will happen only if Exelon receives the generous loan guarantees for renewable-energy projects promised in this year’s federal stimulus bill–funds that in this case would cover 80 percent of the project’s costs. Barely viable with the loan guarantees and a handful of other federal and state subsidies, the $60 million solar plant would not be possible without such government support. . . .

Even with the federal subsidies, says O’Neill, the solar plant won’t offer the double-digit returns usually required by investors in large energy projects. It would cost $6 a watt to build, whereas wind and natural-gas plants cost roughly $2 a watt and $1 a watt, respectively. And its 10 megawatts will contribute an insignificant amount of electricity to Exelon’s vast generation capacity of 36,000 megawatts. But, says O’Neill, the project is “tailor-made” for some of President Obama’s goals in the stimulus package. It would create jobs (250 people would be needed to construct it), and it would demonstrate that solar power can be “brought to the Midwest and to the inner city.”

I’d like to be a fan of solar power, but too many of the stories sound like this one.

HMM: In New Theory, Swine Flu Started in Asia, Not Mexico.

WICKED PLANTS.

CAN YOU GET FIT in six minutes a week?

CATO EXPERTS WILL BE ARE live-blogging Obama’s healthcare infomercial tonight.

UPDATE: Some Tea Party folks are Twittering it, too.

AT LEAST HE’S EDUCABLE: Cohen vs. Cohen.

WHO’S FUNDING the Obamacare Astroturf campaign? Hey, it worked for campaign finance “reform,” so why not?

JOHN DICKERSON: The disturbing glee at Mark Sanford’s downfall. “What Mark Sanford seemed to be trying to say is that he screwed up, in the biggest possible way, because he lost his bearings. He lost his self-control. He was indulgent. He forgot that there were other humans in the world. Yet in the constant flow of abuse, joke-making, and grand conclusions about his failings, it seemed everyone having a good time pointing at his self-indulgence was also engaging in a form of it.”

LOTS OF JULY 4TH “TEA PARTY” PROTESTS PLANNED: Tea Party Patriots lists 442, and I’m sure there will be more.

WELL, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, IT’S A NOVEL APPROACH: N.O.W. Conference Infiltrated by N.O.W. Members. “Nothing personal. But this whole episode is like a moving diorama of How Younger Feminists Have Lost Touch With Their Roots.”

SOCCER SURPRISE: U.S. BEATS SPAIN. “USA caused one of the biggest surprises in Confederations Cup history by beating European champions Spain to reach Sunday’s final.”

UPDATE: Reader James Doherty emails: “I credit Obama’s Cairo speech.” Well, yeah.

JOHN SCALZI: Why New Novelists Are Kinda Old.

TEA PARTIERS ELSEWHERE TAKE NOTE OF THIS APPROACH: Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) Runs from Constituents. As Jim Geraghty noted, you can make a big impression by showing up in person at things like congressional district meetings.

PROTESTING ABC’S OBAMA INFOMERCIAL IN CINCINNATI: Justin Binik-Thomas sends some pictures and reports: “~300 present, ~95 degrees.”

UPDATE: Reader Pat Dooley writes: “Attached photo shows Cleveland protesters outside the local ABC affiliate. WEWS.”

MORE: Here’s a news report on the Cincinnati protest.

STILL MORE: Lots of other protests, including Richmond, Flint, Sarasota, Springfield, and Grand Junction. If you know of any others, email me!

MORE STILL: Video from Cincinnati. Plus, another protest in Sacramento.

FURTHER: A protest in Montgomery, and in Walker, Michigan. Also Salt Lake City, in a story that reports that “Protesters picketed ABC affiliates across the country Wednesday night.”

PJTV: Special Report: Tehran Goes From Bad to Much Worse.

UPDATE: ThreatsWatch: “Iran has executed its Tiananmen Square. Baharestan Square has become synonymous with barbarity, cruelty, massacre and inhumanity.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Confirmed: Iran no longer invited to Obama’s July 4th cookout.