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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.
A new poll shows a 43 percent swing against him in ten months. Why? Among other things, he believes Obama is a legitimate president.
Surowiecki wants to reform the tax system: A debt-ridden economy is inherently more fragile and more volatile.
David Feige worries about the consequences: In an idealized view, our judicial system is insulated from the ribald passions of politics.
A judicious take from a position of support.
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!":
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.
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.
The coded Christianist messages on various bumper stickers and t-shirts call for Obama's wife to be a widow.
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.
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