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America's Fiscal Doom

Sometimes it takes an outsider to see what's staring us in the face. His core message, it seems to me, is a clear one. Anyone who wants to cut the debt and restore fiscal balance in America would be insane to vote Republican this fall. Why? Because they have still not abandoned supply-side economics, which was taken to its logical extremes under Bush and Cheney. Money quote:

First, if Republicans win the mid-terms in November, as seems likely, they are surely going to come up with huge tax...

What A Palin Endorsement Can Do

Some data:

When we polled New Hampshire in April we found Ayotte's favorability
numbers with moderates on positive ground at 32/27, something very
unusual for a Republican candidate. Now in the wake of the Palin
endorsement that is no longer the case- 27% of moderates see Ayotte
favorably while 46% see her unfavorably- a 24 point drop in her
favorability spread over the last three months.

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Cameron: Gaza Is A "Prison Camp"

A new wrinkle in the distinction between British and American conservatism. The full context:

"Turkey's relationships in the [Middle East:] region, both with Israel and with the Arab world, are of incalculable value. No other country has the same potential to build understanding between Israel and the Arab world. I know that Gaza has led to real strains in Turkey's relationship with Israel. But Turkey is a friend of Israel. And I urge Turkey, and Israel, not to give up on that friendship...

The Unstoppable Sarah Palin, Ctd

A glimpse from the campaign trail:

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The Science Of Conversation

A start at understanding how two minds can "click" when they converse.
















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Dissent Of The Day

A reader writes:

Since when do any of us "send our sons" to America's wars? I don't think any parent of a soldier or Marine ever uses the
or even once thinks in the terms of "I sent my son (daughter) to
(In a way, we all "send" them.)  Please stop using this thoughtless phrase today!

My son, by the way, is at an FOB (that's Forward Operating Base for you civvies) in Afghanistan. I did not send him, any more than the other thousands of soldiers and Marines in harm's way had...

Christianism Watch

 

This is a poster from Maggie Gallagher's National Organization For Marriage's bus-tour campaign in Indiana, as reported by Bil Browning and photo by Alice Hoenigman. I have to say that at least this protester is being consistent with literalist fundamentalism. The Bible is clear about homosexuality: we gays should all be condemned to death. That part of the GOP that wants America to follow Biblical principles in the law are just being consistent. There's a video interview with the dude

Journo-List And My Hyperbole

I've been highly critical of some of the emails on Journo-List, especially those that seem to be speaking as "we" and suggesting collective management of various story lines, such as the Palin pregnancy and birth controversy. I've also qualified my posts by 1) insisting that these emails were probably swamped by many many others that list-members did not read, or care about, or that had nothing to do with a "line" of any kind, and 2) that while there's some collective direction here, and...

Good News, Everyone

Elizabeth Warren - exactly the kind of figure the Obama administration should be putting front and center - looks likely to be confirmed, according to Noam Scheiber's reporting.
















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Unburdened By A Title

On the first anniversary of Palin's departure from her half-term governorship, Mudflats checks in on her promise "to chart a new course to advance the state." Right now, she's camping with Kate Gosselin for TV.
















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