Andy Olmsted  —  Andrew Olmsted, who also posted here as G'Kar, was killed yesterday in Iraq.  Andy gave me a post to publish in the event of his death; the last revisions to it were made in July.  —  Andy was a wonderful person: decent, honorable, generous, principled, courageous, sweet, and very funny.

Bill Clinton takes a swipe at media  —  Bill Clinton voiced his abiding anger at the media's coverage of him and his wife in Durham, N.H., today, and suggested that media bias will force Clinton to go negative on Barack Obama.  —  He also expressed his frustration that his wife is perceived …

Trust Me  —  In all my dealings with Obama people, as well as the man himself, there's always been this sense that they're constantly telling people, “Trust us.  We've thought this through.  We know what we're doing.  It'll work.  Yes we understand that you're uncomfortable with this …

Exit Polls: Democrats Crush Republicans Across the Board  —  Is Iowa still a swing state?  After the big Democratic wave there in 2006, I had my doubts.  After looking into the exit polls, and adjusting for turnout numbers on both sides (239,000 in the Democratic caucus, 122,500 in the Republican caucus) …

THE FEVER SWAMP....Former Dan Quayle speechwriter Lisa Schiffren is.....what?  To be admired for laying her psyche so bare in public?  To be pitied for having the psyche she apparently has?  I'm not sure.  But here she is today at The Corner: … As long as we're laying our cards on the table …

Obama: Ecstasy & Agony  —  This is just a late Friday night prediction.  But after reading this regrettable excess from Ezra Klein as well as all of the more reasonable but nonetheless hopeful, proud, idealistic and sincere sentiments of pride and well-wishing for Obama as the first serious …

Feel the Love  —  Remember those heady days after the 2004 presidential elections when liberals were chided as coastal elites who were being punished by the electorate for mocking the heartland and its treasured traditional values?  Remember when those folksy Christian Midwesterners …

Worthless chatter  —  I love when this happens.  It's a reminder that the political prattle that spews forth from group-think media stars without end and which consumes our political dialogue for a full year is based on absolutely nothing.  Also, most predictive “analysis” …

One-time fugitive Democratic fundraiser sentenced to prison  —  REDWOOD CITY, California (AP) — A former fugitive captured in Colorado has been sentenced to three years in prison — after a judge rejected his bid to throw out a 16-year-old fraud conviction.

Economists React: ‘Looking for a Bunker to Hide in’  —  Economists and others weigh in on the weaker-than-expected gain in payrolls and the rise in the unemployment rate.  —  The sharp jump in the unemployment rate — from 4.7% to 5.0% — may be the most alarming feature of this report.

A Sudden Concern About the Economy  —  President Bush, who has continued his cheerleading about the U.S. economy despite a growing host of ominous indicators, is suddenly expressing an openness for new ideas on how to stimulate growth.  —  As long as they involve tax cuts, of course.

Obama Makes a Clinton-Campaign Joke  —  Inside an old airplane hangar at what used to be Pease Airforce Base in Portsmouth, Barack Obama made his first New Hampshire appearance since his Iowa victory.  —  He recited his standard stump speech, but there was a confident, almost giddy …