• This is why I like covering campaigns that have charters. [Jetlagged, via Boing-Boing]
• If you read one poll today, make it this one. Then make it the Des Moines Register’s. [Pollster.com]
• Least shocking news of 2008: CIA tapes destroyed because of “worry about how its conduct might be perceived.” [NYT]
• It’s not being beat, it’s the cupidity. [USA Today]
• “Kennedy had to convince people that he would not let the Vatican push him around. Romney has let evangelicals know that he would let them push him around.” [NYRB]