Maybe this doesn’t need to be said, but: Anyone who talks about the “pro-American” parts of the country is making an anti-American statement. Anyone who talks about the “real” parts of Virginia doesn’t understand that all of Virginia is real–just not the reality as fantasized by the sort of people who see some parts of [...]

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I was googling around to see if I could find an answer to a commenter’s question about the history of VP candidates and their accessibility to the media, and I came across this gold. It’s amazing to think Spiro Agnew was chosen for his centrist credentials, and as a unifier:

• “With so many permutations and mixed motivations, the Palin saga is starting to feel like a Restoration play. (I hope in the end all the characters come onstage and all is revealed.)” [Slate] • The Jim Webb one requires no carving. [AP] • “The DemoCat wins by 65 percent at the CFA-Iams Cat Championship.” [...]

Sarah Palin truly is not a Washington insider. Per Think Progress, she told a local television station in Colorado (in response to a question from a third grader), that the Vice President is “in charge of the U.S. Senate, so if they want to they, can really get in there with the senators and make [...]

I’ve been enjoying the spate of “how Obama will govern” pieces because, well, I’m a huge science fiction fan and most of them read like slash stories starring Obama and either William Ayers or Rahm Emmanuel. (You know which one I would rather read.) My thoughts on these thought experiments after the jump.

Yes, yes, I’ve been banned from McCain’s plane, though I don’t consider it a big deal, which is why I haven’t written about it. I can attend the McCain and Barracuda rallies, as I did last week. I can talk to McCain staffers–the less rabid sorts, at least, who are still willing to argue things [...]

UPDATE: More from JMart on that mailer. And this from Sam Stein. UPDATE2: See the full interview with KSDK in St. Louis here.