Wendy Long, head of the Judicial Confirmation Network, which ironically no longer wants to see judicial conformations, is one of the leading far-right activists on nomination fights. She said yesterday that Republicans should approach nominees with "a presumption that they're not going to be able to uphold their oath."Forbes protests the postal service's mail monopoly. In-depth analysis here.
Got that? Republican senators, who argued during Bush's presidency that failing to confirm judicial nominees tears at the fabric of our democracy, should now reflexively assume that every Obama nominee, including those who haven't even been named, is incapable of serving on the federal bench.
FactCheck.org: President Obama says 90 percent of Mexico's recovered crime guns come the U.S. Not true.
There were procedural roadblocks to McCain-Lieberman.
KSM was waterboarded 183 times in one month.
NYT: Good news from Iraq... Baghdad is getting back to its old secular self.
NRO: Mark Steyn makes an unusually sane post about micro-regulation.
Mike Halperin: Sixteen reasons why Obama is exceptionally good at his job.
Mental (un)health break: Deutsche Häschenparty! .... (UK version not as amusing)
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