Rising Hegemon: Winning friends and influencing people

Economist's View: The question for financial markets is how deep the regulatory repair needs to go.

Corrente: Required listening...

Fables of the reconstruction: Nice framing. Certainly not elitist.

Whiskey Fire: A Rasmussen survey indicates a startling increase in the number of folks who identify as Democrats. Not surprising since after almost eight years of G-Dub, and six years of total GOP control, there's not one single policy they can point to and say, "this was a success." But they do have this.

Steve Audio: Steve cites the estimable Charles Pierce, who knows how to spot it, and cut through it.