I have some "Idol" observations for you

So, Phil started with what should have been Blake's song, "Blaze of Glory". I thought he was bad, but Paula and Randy thought it was his best performance. I hope that he is going home tomorrow, but Dial Idol said he got the most total votes last week, so he already has a head start.

Jordin is awesome, she is so hard core 80's rock how can she not win. She sang the song I wanted her to, "Livin' On A Prayer", but it wasn't a great performance. The beginning was rough, but by the second chorus she was rockin'. She was excellent last week and should have been good enough to make it through.

When Lakisha sang the line "then I'm wrong" in her song "This Ain't A Love Song", it made me realize that I was wrong by not picking this as her song, because it was perfect. I should have known it would be good when Jon made the prediction that she wouldn't be going home this week, but I wasn't prepared for just how good she would be. I really hope her and Jordin can be top two!

After Phil took "Blaze of Glory", Blake followed my advise and took my second choice for him "You Give Love A Bad Name". He may have changed the song too much, and this week we will find out just how many Blake fans there are. I thought it was worth the risk and was an entertaining performance.

I also called the Chris "Wanted Dead or Alive" selection, but I thought he held back and could have used a cowboy hat to really sell it. He should have changed the song more, it sounded like an average rendition from any country karaoke bar. Randy and Paula both liked it, but 2 people are going home and he has a good chance at being done.

Melinda is so good, she owned "Have a Nice Day". She is the best of the night.

As of 10PM(central time) Dial Idol has the voting as Jordin and Blake being in the lead with Phil also safe. Melinda, LaKisha and Chris are all possibilities to be going home, with Chris their current pick to go. There are 2 more hours of voting. I have gotten mostly busy signals so far, and have only gotten through about 10 times. I am going to wait for about an hour and then do my best to make sure Phil goes home.
I really don't know who else should go besides Phil, but if I had to choose I would guess Chris. Chris, Jordin and Blake could all be bottom 3 based only on tonight's performance only.

Why did they let Bush thank America? I don't remember him doing anything to support it beforehand. Plus Laura looked incredibly stiff while reading the teleprompter and the "funny joke" was horrible.