Mock, Paper, Scissors: Can Sanford salvage his book deal? Oh, yes..

Echidne of the Snakes: Hacktackular Howie

Booman Tribune: Advice for Harry Reid

Corrente: Terminological Interlude

Calitics: At the end of this process, somebody will step up to a microphone and claim how reaching agreement is a sign of success.  No.  It's a sign of failure.

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: MN Progressive Project, Blue Heron Blast, Economic Perspectives from Kansas City, archy

I pity Amanda Carpenter because it seems like the appearances on Bill O'Reilly's show are really affecting her, and that's too bad. She's a conservative and I'm a liberal, but I think we can both agree that the news is the news and her response to a segment on Reliable Sources was really a justification for the behavior of Fox during the teabagging parties.

SESNO: Because that's not our job. Our job is not to use our podium and our platform and our television camera to tell people what they should be thinking and doing. Our job should be to tell them what's happening out there and then they decide what to do.

KURTZ: You disagree with that?

CARPENTER: You know, this is -- I disagree with using words like "fascism" on the Fox Business Network, but we are entering a period, I think Ana Marie would agree -- I mean, we both cover things, we both have perspectives. I think this is becoming more acceptable in journalism as long as you're up front about it first.

No, it's never acceptable to do this. Never, ever. Journalists can have a point of view, but not when they are reporting on events. You can't say that Iraq is going to bomb us just because you want that war to take place, no matter what the evidence suggests. And then masquerading as a news entity is the worst form of deceit there is, especially when they turn into a propaganda enterprise. It is acceptable if you don't have the word "News" in your network.

George Bush is my friend: G-Dub shares some thoughts with a pal

AGITPROP: Wingnut Roundup

Whiskey Bar: Political cross dressing...

Newsweek Terror Watch: About the Robert Gates nomination

Get It Straight By 2008: 2006 is the third election in a row shadowed by questions about the integrity of voting machines, something most Americans never dreamed could happen. Urge your Senator to support legislation for paper trails and random audits for ALL electronic ballots.

Election Perspectives from Australia...Israel...Great Britain...the return of congressional oversight...sour grapes make a whole lotta red whine...We were especially pleased to see this corrupt eco-thug defeated...a shocking outcome in Kansas

via Steve Gilliard : ... ... One of the great tricks of conservative pundits was to talk about ANY topic. No matter what it was, they had an opinion, got face time and then book deals. They saw this as fertile ground to extend the debate. We have to engage these issues and bring new perspectives on them. If you don't have an opinion on the latest circus, your opinion on more serious matters will not count.

You don't have to spend every day repeating Eonline, but you have to understand the culture, even the vulgar parts, to change it. If you do not engage the debate at hand, you will become irrelevant. Even if the debate is not a big deal in the end. Walking away, as we did so many times before, is no longer an option.

I found this posted over at Daily Kos last night and Kos says: "I actually skipped over stuff about runaway brides and the Michael Jackson trial finding them uninteresting. But in one fell argument, Steve has convinced me otherwise."

Steve put into words what I have been trying to do at times, but wouldn't have expressed it as insightfully. People ask me why would I put up a clip or story from Amerian Idol, The Grammy's, The Oscars, Barry Bonds, Michael Jackson, South Park...etc...Gilliard pretty much answered the question.