Late Night: The Autumn of Wingnuttia  —  George Packer's New Yorker article asking if conservatives have “run out of ideas” caused quite the stir in the Right Blogosphere this past week.  And right bloggers proved Packer wrong: as it turns out, they didn't have any “ideas” to start with.

On the Road: Clinton's Very Bad Day  —  Friday might have been one of the worst days of Senator Hillary Clinton's political career.  Her campaign, as everyone knows, was already struggling.  But on Friday, she made a reference to Bobby Kennedy's assassination _ a terrible choice of phrase …

Colombia Government Source Says Top Rebel Leader Is Dead  —  BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's Defense Ministry said Saturday that it has information from various intelligence sources that the legendary leader of Latin America's largest guerrilla army is dead.

Rev. Rod Parsley withdraws McCain endorsement  —  After saying Friday that he would not withdraw his endorsement of Sen. John McCain, pastor Rod Parsley has changed his mind.  —  The pastor of World Harvest Church, in the Canal Winchester area, issued a statement almost identical …

MI5 fears jihadis will use mentally ill as suicide bombers  —  Islamic terrorists may be targeting mentally disturbed or disabled people in Britain in a bid to form a new “brigade” of home-grown suicide bombers, security officials fear.  —  MI5 and police say the case of Nicky Reilly …

KLEIN PLAYS THE FOOL!  Joe Klein hacked on your side this week.  Josh Marshall praised him for it:  —  IN PRAISE OF VAGUE DREAM-HEADS: This morning, we went to scope a tree house (complete with hanging bridge to the regular house!) constructed by a guy at the bagel joint for his (roughly) eight-year-old daughter.

Good Luck to ‘War Inc.’  —  From what I'm hearing the screenings of “War Inc.” are doing very well so far this weekend.  If you're in the area, check it out.  —  This clever new movie takes the next logical step in the evolution of the Bush Doctrine.  Instead of sending the US Armed Forces …

A FALSE, FALSE SENSE OF NATIONAL SECURITY SECURITY....When you say that your plan is to lull your enemy into a false sense of security, that usually means that you know you're going to lose.  Kind of like the Democrats on national security issues for the early part of this decade …

AP Interview: Calif. congresswoman says home sale ‘improper’  —  WASHINGTON—Rep. Laura Richardson claimed Friday that her Sacramento home was sold into foreclosure without her knowledge and contrary to an agreement with her lender.  —  She said that she is like any other American suffering …

Barack Obama and the Unmaking of the Democratic Party  —  With her overwhelming victory in Kentucky on May 20, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has completed her sweep of the crucial primary states adjoining the Ohio River — and the fight for the Democratic nomination has entered its final phases.

Hillary Clinton's colossal blunder simply the last straw  —  SICK.  Disgusting.  And yet revealing.  Hillary Clinton is staying in the race in the event some nut kills Barack Obama.  —  It could happen, but what definitely has happened is that Clinton has killed her own chances of being vice president.

Michigan: What would have happened?  —  I have received a couple dozen requests in my inbox asking me to apply my projection model to the state of Michigan.  How would the vote have turned out if Barack Obama's name was on the ballot?  Would Michigan have behaved more like Wisconsin, which Obama won handily?

Protesting the Antiwar Protestors  —  Memorial Day isn't until Monday.  But for Rich Davis, a 20-year veteran of the Navy, it seems to come every Saturday.  That's when he pulls out a handmade sign and heads for a street corner near the Chester County Court House in this suburban Philadelphia community.