"A wave of coordinated explosions ripped across Baghdad early on Thursday, killing at least 63 people..."

"... wounding more than 180 and jolting a country already unsettled by a deepening political crisis and the absence of American troops."

I think it's 3 a.m. in Hawaii and a phone is ringing.

ADDED: Am I being unfair? I don't think Obama has left for Hawaii yet. Here's The Hill yesterday:

The president left the White House on Wednesday afternoon to do some Christmas shopping for his family, buying a Wii video game and other items. But he would not say if he would be there to hand-deliver the gifts or not.

Even if there’s no ideal time for a presidential vacation, this one comes at a particularly inopportune moment. For weeks, Obama has insisted that lawmakers stay in town to pass the tax extension. Otherwise, as he said earlier this month, “we can all spend Christmas here together.”

Now, with the payroll tax extension compromise unsettled, and members of Congress already back at home, does Obama up and leave, too? Or will the president be forced to spend the holidays at an empty White House with the Yule Log on TV, listening to Elvis Presley’s “Blue Christmas”?

Poor Obama! He's so lonely. And the press is even revealing what presents he bought.