Link blag

Compared to the US itself and previous presidents, Obama is popular among Muslims. Yglesias puts it in chart form. I don't know how pronounced the effect is among extremists, but it seems to me that in the aggregate, the more Muslims we can convince that the US isn't [being led by] an enemy, the more they'll be deterred at the margins from resorting to suicide bombing and other extremism. Contrast this with the right's approach of torture-as-policy, which has the opposite effect.

Megan explains Obama's magical healthcare savings. Keith agrees it's silly. But that won't stop the administration from producing hope-filled-charts and plotting the y-axis from 2.5 trillion for extra zazz.

Politico suggests moderate Dems will be a decisive factor. Huzzah for Clintonomics, we need these budget-balancers to restore some sanity and keep the starry-eyed leftists from burning the nat'l credit card and raising taxes to pay for it.

GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney seeks to keep the world safe for democracy, one golf shirt and water bottle at a time.

BBC: Eco-sailors rescued by oil tanker. Ha, irony wins.

The ACLU offers to defend an "ACLUSUX" license plate. If nothing else, you gotta appreciate their consistency.