Lowering the Bar
Sarah Palin Toady-in-Chief Matthew Continetti continues his (tragically unrequited) romance with the ex-governor in the Wall Street Journal, asking "Can Sarah Palin Make a Comeback?" and responding, shockingly, in the affirmative. He does allow, however, that her favorability ratings could pose a bit of a hurdle: READ MORE >>
The Mini-Review: '2012'
The Movie Review: ‘Precious’
Snowe Fall, Ctd.
TPM's Eric Kleefeld has more fallout from that PPP poll I cited on Tuesday, showing Olympia Snowe potentially vulnerable to a conservative primary challenger: READ MORE >>
'A Single Man': Now Less Gay
The poster for designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, A Single Man, features Colin Firth and Julianne Moore lying in bed together. As such, it had already raised questions of whether the Weinstein Company was trying to downplay the fact that Firth's character is gay. The new cut of the trailer does about as much to confirm this thesis as one could imagine. READ MORE >>
Medical Wizardry
For any Washington Wizards fan who's ever wondered why the team has not only so many injuries--just eight games into the season, four of its top six players, as well as two scrubs, have already missed playing time--but so many misdiagnosed injuries, poorly treated injuries, recurrent injuries, players who come back from injury too early or play too many minutes, the blog Bullets Forever points to oft-injured ex-Wizard Etan Thomas's recent question: READ MORE >>
Michael Steele Thinks White Republicans Are Fearful Nerds
A number of people have noted the off-script hilarity of Michael Steele's response on Roland Martin's show when the host suggested that white Republicans are "afraid of black folks": You're absolutely right. I mean, I've been in the room and they've been scared of me. READ MORE >>
Snowe Fall
PPP has a striking new poll out regarding Olympia Snowe's popularity with Maine voters: 46% of Republicans now disapprove of Snowe’s job performance with only 40% approving. Her overall approval remains at a relatively solid 51/36 spread thanks to good numbers from Democrats (60% giving her good marks) and independents (51%).... READ MORE >>
Pawlenty Courts the NASCAR Vote
... by quoting Talladega Nights at an Iowa GOP fundraiser: Thank you, Lord, for my red-hot, smokin’ wife. I know T-Paw is pushing his "regular guy" appeal as he positions himself for 2012, but this seems rather to overshoot the mark. No word on whether he also promised to come at Barack Obama "like a spider monkey." READ MORE >>
Mike Huckabee Makes Up With the Economic Right
... or not. In the Ben Smith piece Mike cited earlier, Huckabee has some choice words for Pat Toomey: Huckabee met in the spring with Pat Toomey, then the president of the Wall Street-backed Club for Growth, which had attacked him during the 2008 campaign for raising taxes in Arkansas. READ MORE >>
