MY TAKE ON THE DEM DEBATE  —  So, a few observations about the Democratic debate.  —  First, a few months ago, I said that I didn't get what Barack Obama thought he was doing in one of the debates, that he was doing a very good job debating as the frontrunner, when in fact he was falling further and further behind Hillary Clinton.

Why I Believe Bush Must Go  —  Nixon Was Bad.  These Guys Are Worse.  —  As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president.

Playbook: Bradley to endorse Obama  —  Good Sunday morning.  —  The local front of the (Manchester) Union Leader has a story about media groupies who, in a quadrennial ritual, congregate around hotels in hopes of getting a photo with Chris Wallace or Tucker Carlson.

“I Thought That Mitt Romney Won The debate.”  —  Dick Morris is no friend of Mitt Romney, and his declaration of Romney as the “winner” tonight is the assessment that caught my eye.  That's called “an admission against interest,” and it is very significant.  I think I know why.

For sale: West's deadly nuclear secrets  —  A WHISTLEBLOWER has made a series of extraordinary claims about how corrupt government officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapons secrets.  —  Sibel Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator for the FBI …

Scratch an Independent Bloomberg and Get a Democrat, Positions Show  —  Hundreds of miles from the hustings of New Hampshire lurks a possible presidential candidate who supports gay marriage, abortion rights and stricter regulation of handguns.  Who doesn't mind taxing the rich on their income …

The Problem with Populists  —  WASHINGTON — Like Job after losing his camels and acquiring boils, the conservative movement is in distress.  Mike Huckabee shreds the compact that has held the movement's two tendencies in sometimes uneasy equipoise.  Social conservatives …

THE PRESS CORPS.  —  Read Chris Hayes on the psychology of the press corps here.  I'd add that it's a bit astonishing to watch the real-time narrative construction that went on at last night's debate.  I must have heard the term “meltdown” in reference to Hillary 65 times.

Fred to MSM: ‘I Owe You Nothing’  —  Fred Thompson today blasted the media for propagating a false rumor about his impending withdrawal, while reinforcing the role he has created for himself as the candidate in this race who does not suffer unwelcome questions gladly.

American Al Qaeda Leader To Bush: ‘We Will Be Waiting For You’  —  Native Californian Al Qaeda Leader Makes Threats Against Bush Middle East Visit  —  American Al Qaeda leader Adam Gadahn told his followers to welcome Bush “with bombs and traps” upon his upcoming visit to the Middle East this week.

Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims  —  Islamic extremists have created “no-go” areas across Britain where it is too dangerous for non-Muslims to enter, one of the Church of England's most senior bishops warns today.  —  The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester …