First Draft: Your President Speaks!

No Quarter: Protestors to Clinton: "Iron my shirt"

Shakesville: Christopher Hitchins's latest in Slate is a mess even by his standards. This time the ostensible subject is Obama.

News Media Tube: Fox News and Frank Luntz caught red-handed. skippy has more...

open secrets: Who gives, who gets, soft money, lobbyists, industries...a very instructive chart

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