ABC has backed off the scoop Karen flags below, or at least changed their headline, dropping the reference to 2012 in favor of simply, “Not Doing This For Naught,” which seems a far less, uhm, interpretive reading of her actual answer. ABC’s willingness to play up even the possibility that Palin is just maybe toying [...]

ABC reports: Gov. Sarah Palin suggested that if the Republican ticket is defeated on Tuesday she expects to be a player in the next election four years from now, saying “I’m not doing this for naught.” In an interview with ABC News’ Elizabeth Vargas, the Republican vice-presidential nominee was asked about 2012, whether she was [...]

At California Progress Report, Anthony Wright takes issue with a point I made the other day: She suggested that young people would “choose” to go uninsured, as Gov. Romney suggested. As I wrote in her comments section: “Twentysomethings are a disproportionate piece of the uninsured, but it’s not because they don’t “want” coverage. It’s that [...]

Or, rather, an Air Force pilot: The convention in Denver was Mr. Finan’s introduction to big-time politics, and he quickly found himself doing broadcast interviews for the first time. Between events he and about 25 other Iraq and Afghanistan veterans became like a small platoon. They slept on supporters’ floors. They hung out. And they [...]

AP tops a story about GOP bloodletting with a quote from Rep. Chris Shays, GOP moderate from Connecticut who co-sponsored Shays-Meehan, the House version of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law. Shays is currently fighting to save his seat. Here’s what he told the Yale Daily News about McCain: “He has lost his brand as a [...]

Open letter to the High Sheriffs: I know you guys are still struggling to get us back on our feet with this new platform, and we all appreciate how big a job it has been, but could we do something about the glitch that keeps sending perfectly fine comments into moderation? I’ve unstuck about 150 [...]

From TIME’s Nathan Thornburgh: Plenty of observers noticed that it took two tries for Palin to actually come out and say Ted Stevens should resign. Less talked about were the reasons behind her reluctance. It’s not that there’s any love lost between Palin and Stevens—they had some ties, but were not close. He’s more or [...]

Friday, Sarah Palin gave a speech about one of her, er, McCain’s pet issues: taking care of children with special needs. Today, she spoke about energy, particularly on opening up U.S. lands and waters to increased oil and gas drilling. In a McCain administration, we will authorize and support new exploration and production of America’s [...]

Mickey Kaus has me on his mind, lately…which is always nice, in a perverse way. But he’s gotten a few things wrong. First, he says that I like McCain personally, but just can’t support him because of the disgraceful campaign he’s run. Not true, although McCain has certainly run a dreadful campaign. My objections to [...]