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Palin's Brain Speaks, Ctd

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  11 hours ago

Larison counters Kristol: Were [Palin] to side openly with McCain in a primary against Hayworth, whose views match up a lot more closely with her supporters’ views, she would be seen as imitating McCain’s worst habits.

Out Of Touch, Ctd

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  14 hours ago

John Sides throws a few handfuls of salt at that PPP poll. Sager tries to understand what the poll means: Both 2000 and 2004 were close enough to justify some amount of paranoia.

Is Crist Toast?

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  15 hours ago

A new poll shows a 43 percent swing against him in ten months. Why? Among other things, he believes Obama is a legitimate president.

Subsidizing Debt

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  15 hours ago

Surowiecki wants to reform the tax system: A debt-ridden economy is inherently more fragile and more volatile.

The Price Of Trying KSM

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  15 hours ago

David Feige worries about the consequences: In an idealized view, our judicial system is insulated from the ribald passions of politics.

Cal Thomas On Palin

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  16 hours ago

A judicious take from a position of support.

How Quickly They Turn

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  16 hours ago

That's the trouble with populism: the populace can get mad if they don't get all their books signed. My favorite insult yelled at Palin in Indiana: "Quitting on the job right there!":

If Roe Were Overturned, Ctd

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  16 hours ago

A reader writes: Yes, I have heard the whole "laboratories of democracy" spiel, but can you please explain why you and (other?) conservatives in this country are so enamoured with states' rights? Why is the "state" the political subdivision you.

Denying Her The Spotlight

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  17 hours ago

Friedersdorf counters Linker and wishes the Dish hadn't gone silent for a day: Ms. Palin’s political critics can no more deny her the spotlight than they can stop her appearances on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show, or demand that Oprah’s producers.

Pray For Obama

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  17 hours ago

The coded Christianist messages on various bumper stickers and t-shirts call for Obama's wife to be a widow.

Talking About Healthcare, Forevermore

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  17 hours ago

Suderman worries: Reform won't just mess up our health care system, it will infect our political system; the more our politics and our health care are tied together, the more our political debates will become indistinguishable from our health care.

Just One Republican

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  21 hours ago

The GOP is trying to get voters to forget their fiscal recklessness over the last eight years. And the conservative media - which is sadly far too often just a partisan mouthpiece - is helping the amnesia along.

Heads I Lose, Tails You Win

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  22 hours ago

A few days ago, many Republican bloggers thought KSM didn't deserve a trial. Now they are calling the civilian trial a "show trial" because it is possible that the government could continue to detain KSM in the unlikely instance he.

Hockey Mom With A Glass Jaw

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  22 hours ago

Jessica Valenti describes how Palin is trying to have it both ways when it comes to gender: In her widely watched Oprah appearance, for example, Palin said that she resented people questioning her ability to serve as vice-president while being.

Palin Witness Fact Check III

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  23 hours ago

David Corn makes a cameo in the book. Palin distorts the story to make it fit better with her self-serving story.

Jobs And The Stimulus

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  23 hours ago

A new poll finds that 51 percent of Americans think canceling the rest of the stimulus would create more jobs.

Palin Witness Fact Check II

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  23 hours ago

“It is pure fiction. No such discussion took place,” - Nicolle Wallace, disputing yet another passage in Palin's book.

The Gateway Drug

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  24 hours ago

Another pot-smoker, another loser: Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum has won the 2009 National League Cy Young Award in a historic and close vote of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

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