Link blag

Politico: Obama remakes political rules (more African-Americans consider statewide office)

Daily Beast: Obama's 10 best moves and 5 worst stumbles so far

LAT: Executive orders preserve renditions as a counter-terrorism tool. @TAC complains, hilzoy objects to the story, Andrew concurs with her.

American Conservative: Afghanistan drug labs and trafficking are now military objectives?

AP: 51% of Iraqis cast ballots

NewMajority: Wall Street salary caps are a dumb idea.

Adam Smith: Rounds up criticism of U.S. protectionism in the stimulus bill.

UK's Telegraph: The formerly extinct ibex has been cloned from frozen DNA samples. Next up: Mastodons and Jurassic Park?