Top Items:
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Palin and Her Enemies — If Sarah Palin's political career ended last Friday, 10 tumultuous months after she was introduced as the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee, those five words will be its epitaph. — Had she refused John McCain, Palin would still be a popular female governor …
Discussion:
The Corner, The Daily Dish, The Monkey Cage, The New Republic, The Moderate Voice, Bloomberg, Firedoglake, Democracy in America, Instapundit, The Mahablog, GayPatriot, Jack & Jill Politics, The Reaction, American Power, No More Mister Nice Blog, Matthew Yglesias, marbury, The League of Ordinary …, Feministe, PoliGazette, Washington Monthly, MoJo Blog Posts, THE DAILY BANTER.COM, Fishersville Mike, The American Scene, PoliBlog, Blogs and Stories, NY Daily News, Ideas Special Report, Riehl World View, pandagon.net, skippy the bush kangaroo, 11D, The World Newser and Democratic Strategist
RELATED:
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Sarah Palin's surprise — From my latest American Spectator column: … Please read the whole thing. Sunday morning, I was driving back from Lake Weiss — where we'd shot our fabulous annual Fourth of July fireworks show — when the editor called asking me to write the column.
Discussion:
Riehl World View, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, American Spectator and The Daley Gator
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
‘Real America’ and Palin — MSNBC's “Morning Joe” roiled, as most political shows will today, with discussions of Gov. Sarah Palin's (R-Alaska) resignation. And as with most discussion of Palin, it featured well-paid New York or Washington-based pundits explaining why the second member …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Having It Both Ways — This Radley Balko's post is being used to defend Ross: — It is possible that Sarah Palin was both unfairly mistreated and personally attacked by the media and many on the left, and that her family was rather ruthlessly and mercilessly run through the [ringer] …
Jim Prevor / Weekly Standard:
Republicans Should Reexamine the Public Good of Private Citizens
Republicans Should Reexamine the Public Good of Private Citizens
Discussion:
USA Today, Commentary, The Awl, Spectator, Ben Smith's Blog, The Opinionator, The New Republic and The Lonely Conservative
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Special Report: Ideologically, Where Is the U.S. Moving? — Nearly 4 in 10 Americans say their views have grown more conservative — PRINCETON, NJ — Despite the results of the 2008 presidential election, Americans, by a 2-to-1 margin, say their political views in recent years have become …
RELATED:
The Huffington Post:
Schumer: With Franken Seated No Need To Compromise On Public Option — One of the leading Senate Democrats in the health care reform battle said that the seating of Al Franken has given the party the purpose and direction it needs to ensure that a public option for insurance coverage remains in any bill.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Did the Toppling of Saddam Hussein Lead to Recent Events in Iran? — Given the connections between Iraq and Iran, it's not as unlikely as it sounds. — The most exciting and underreported news of the past few weeks in Iran has been that the emerging challenger to the increasingly frantic and isolated …
RELATED:
The Huffington Post:
Michael Jackson Fans Raise Money To Defeat Peter King — There is, it turns out, a political price to pay when you make bold statements calling out Michael Jackson for some of the nefarious moments of his personal history. — Fans of Jackson are mobilizing to raise money for an opponent …
Discussion:
Crooks and Liars, The Sleuth, Lynn Sweet, Runnin' Scared, JammieWearingFool and Spin Cycle
RELATED:
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Full text of Michael Jackson resolution — We reported recently about a resolution Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Tex.) introduced to honor Michael Jackson and referred to, oddly enough, the House Foreign Affairs Committee. — The full text of that resolution has been published, and it's....long.
Anill / Think Progress:
Joe The Plumber Says Immigrants Should Get ‘The Hell Out Of Our Damn Country’ — While protesting government spending at Houston's Independence Day Tea Party, Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher stated that American taxpayer dollars would be best spent on the mass deportation of 12 million undocumented immigrants:
Tim Weiner / New York Times:
Robert S. McNamara, Architect of a Futile War, Dies at 93 — Robert S. McNamara, the forceful and cerebral defense secretary who helped lead the nation into the maelstrom of Vietnam and spent the rest of his life wrestling with the war's moral consequences, died Monday at his home in Washington.
Discussion:
Time, The Moderate Voice, MoJo Blog Posts, Marginal Revolution, MoJo Blog Posts, democracyarsenal.org, The Atlantic Politics Channel, skippy the bush kangaroo, Vanity Fair, Commentary, Taylor Marsh, CNN, Michael Calderone's Blog, Maggie's Farm, Runnin' Scared, Jay Hancock's blog, FP Passport, RealClearWorld, Shakesville, Townhall.com, Connecting.the.Dots, ATTACKERMAN and The BLT
RELATED:
Thomas W. Lippman / Washington Post:
Robert McNamara, Architect of Vietnam War, Dies at 93
Robert McNamara, Architect of Vietnam War, Dies at 93
Discussion:
MoJo Blog Posts, Democracy in America, Op For, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Midwest Voices and Paul Kedrosky's …
Firas Al-Atraqchi / The Huffington Post:
European Islamophobia A Creeping Threat: Analysis — The murder of Marwa Sherbini, a veiled (and pregnant) Egyptian woman, as she prepared to give evidence in a German courtroom against a man who physically assaulted her, has incensed the Muslim World and re-ignited the debate over whether Europe …
RELATED:
Maggie Michael / Associated Press:
Egyptians cry racism in woman's slaying in Germany
Egyptians cry racism in woman's slaying in Germany
Discussion:
Harry's Place
Michelle Malkin:
37,000 at Dallas Tea Party — and next steps — I returned from the Dallas Tea Party this weekend inspired and motivated by the massive turnout of citizen activists. The official county estimate of the day-long event's crowd: 37,000! — The Tea Party organizers aren't surprised by the MSM games of lowballing numbers.
Discussion:
Founding Bloggers, Riehl World View, Dallas Tea Party, American Power and Dallas Morning News
RELATED:
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Reps. Kennedy and Sullivan Out of Rehab — Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), right, and John Sullivan (R-Okla.), left, are out of rehab and back on the job. (AP Photo/Tulsa World, Michael Wyke/Andrea Bruce / The Washington Post) — Updated, 3:28 p.m. — Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) …
Discussion:
Glenn Thrush's Blog
RELATED:
Deborah Zabarenko / Reuters:
New climate strategy: track the world's wealthiest — Source: Reuters — * World's richest emit about half of Earth's carbon — * Tracking the wealthy could break climate impasse — * New method would follow individual greenhouse emissions — To fairly divide the climate change …
Geoffrey Dunn / The Huffington Post:
Palin Hit With Another Ethics Complaint — In the wake of Governor Palin stepping down from her job, new allegations have surfaced today in Alaska charging Palin with additional violations of the Alaska Executive Ethics Act. — Zane Henning — a conservative government watchdog …
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
New National Review Cover Features Dr. Obama — Putting On A Glove... Check out this new cover from National Review: — This is as strong an argument as any other that's been made against the public option: That Obama will be personally telling you to turn your head and cough, then sticking his finger where the sun don't shine.
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Obama: Student Radical — During the campaign, I wrote a piece called “Why Won't Obama Talk About Columbia? — The years he won't discuss may explain the Ayers tie he keeps lying about.” So now, nearly six months into the Obama presidency, the mainstream media has finally done a bit …
Jeane MacIntosh / New York Post:
JACKIE'S DOOMED LOVE - WITH RFK — Jackie Kennedy had a four-year love affair with Bobby Kennedy that began not long after JFK's assassination and grew so intense that when RFK was gunned down, it was she — not his wife — who instructed doctors to pull the plug, an explosive new book claims.
Kevin Hassett / Bloomberg:
California's Nightmare Will Kill Obamanomics: Kevin Hassett — Last week, we discovered that the state of California will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. — With California mired in a budget crisis, largely the result of a political impasse that makes spending cuts …
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
More female veterans are winding up homeless — VA resources strained; many are single parents — Angela Peacock spent years with no home after serving in Iraq. — WASHINGTON - The number of female service members who have become homeless after leaving the military has jumped dramatically …
Discussion:
Firedoglake
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Huckabee: Obama Needs To Stop Blaming Bush Because Bush Didn't Complain About Inheriting Clinton's Economy — On Fox and Friends this morning, host Gretchen Carlson asked former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) about Vice President Biden's comment that the Obama administration …
BBC:
Coffee 'may reverse Alzheimer's' — Drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease, US scientists say. — The Florida research, carried out on mice, also suggested caffeine hampered the production of the protein plaques which are the hallmark of the disease.
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
The Atlantic And Salon Dinners: Thoughts From The Boss — The first reaction of every journalist to the story of the Washington Post's advertiser-cum-salon dinner proposal was probably one of disgust and moral superiority. The second reaction: we've all kinda been involved in situations …
Discussion:
The Politico, TPMMuckraker, Michael Calderone's Blog, Daily Pundit, Little Green Links and FishBowlDC
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Marc Andreessen's Burgeoning Blogging Empire: Invests In Talking Points Memo — More news about Marc Andreessen making venture investments this morning after the launch of his new $300 million fund, Andreessen Horowitz: he is leading a round of financing for TPM Media, better known as the TalkingPointsMemo blog.
Caitlin Taylor / The Note:
Dem Senator: Second Stimulus ‘Probably Needed’ — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: — As job losses mount, Democrats are growing impatient about the impact of the massive stimulus package passed earlier this year, with talk beginning on Capitol Hill about a possible second stimulus bill.
Discussion:
Say Anything