Palin Interview

I have the transcripts of the first two parts of Charlie Gibson's interview with Sarah Palin.  I promise we'll be talking about this today.  Part 1.  Part 2.

 

More reason for Democrats to be freaking out:  suddenly, the generic Republican beats the generic Democrat by 5 points among likely voters.  Some Democrat members of Congress are blaming their problems on Obama's slipping campaign.

 

Here's some insight into that campaign:  until the media got involved, the Obama campaign refused to give campaign memorabilia to a group of Girl Scouts.  The McCain campaign sent them stuff immediately.

 

Mark Udall, who is running for the Senate from Colorado, isn't happy with an ad that calls him a hippie for voting for a Department of Peace.  His solution?  Try to get the ad pulled off the airwaves.

 

A British columnist gives us some insight into "community organizing" in Chicago.

 

A California government school tried to force a teacher to remove banners from his classroom that included messages like "In God We Trust" when other teachers have Tibetan prayer flags and Buddhist and Islamic posters.

 

The Huffington Post is the most-visited blog among political reporters in the United States.

 

Here's the latest idea to combat "global warming":  Make everything white.