Van Jones Did Not Fill Out WH Questionnaire  —  Van Jones, the Obama green jobs czar who resigned shortly after midnight Sunday, did not fill out the exhaustive questionnaire White House officials required of every Cabinet-level secretary and deputy-secretary position.

A Van Jones Postscript  —  The defining accomplishment of Van Jones's life was his founding of the Ella Baker Freedom Center.  While the controversy over his appointment was going on I meant to look into who she was, but didn't get it done.  Ron Radosh, an expert on the hard left of which he was once a member, has the answer:

Van Jones: Does the NYT Know What a Truther Is?  —  Amazingly, many New York Times print readers still don't know why Van Jones resigned!  Here's how the paper's John Broder describes his situation: … Reading that, would you realize the petition was a Truther petition?

Obama is fast losing white voters' support  —  His approval ratings with the crucial bloc have plunged since April.  Strategists say the healthcare debate is largely to blame, but that's not the only reason.  —  Reporting from Washington - After a summer of healthcare battles …

Where's This Going?  —  Am I the only one who thinks that if the Dems pass a bill with mandates and subsidies for poor and moderate income people to purchase it but no public option or competition with the insurers, that it will be pretty much a catastrophe for the Democrats in political terms?