Robert Kaplan has an op-ed in the New York Times today making the case for intervention; Matt, meanwhile, sorts through the political gesturing around using force in Burma: Realistically, you're not going to see a forceful U.N. intervention in Burma... Full story...
Think about what the Palin pick really says about how McCain views this campaign and how he views his potential responsibilities in national security.
Josh Marshall has details here. I didn't realize that she later admitted she had heard of the sexual harrassment charges against her appointee (who lasted two weeks in office) before she appointed him.
A reader writes: It is SO over for McCain. He just jumped the shark so badly I'm surprised he didn't choose Tom Cruise instead.
Not every Republican is in denial about what happened today. A must-read.
More detail that takes the shine off her apparent embrace of gay friends:
I've had a few emails on these lines today: No sooner did my best friend hear about the Sarah Palin pick did I receive an e-mail from her.
A reader has found some evidence that she has thought about foreign policy at some point in her 44 years.
"In picking an unknown, untested, half-a-term woman governor from Alaska to be his running mate, John McCain is following in a long line of reckless men who have rolled the dice for a beauty queen.
Sarah Palin and Hugh Hewitt are both enraged at the decision to list polar bears as an endangered species.
An Alaskan reader writes: Actually, Sarah Palin's children are not named for television characters. Willow is a town in Alaska and Piper is for an aircraft.
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