The Plank
Who You Calling Illegitimate?
I was pretty shocked by this new poll that found that 52 percent of Republican voters think ACORN stole the 2008 presidential election for Obama. I wanted to get some perspective, though, so I looked for polls that assessed voters' feelings about the 2000 elections. I figured that, even with hanging chads and all, fewer Democratic voters would have considered Bush illegitimate back then than those Republicans who now feel that way about Obama. READ MORE >>
Karzai 1, Holbrooke 0
Is someone from the Pentagon taking a shot at Holbrooke in that WashPost story on Obama's "reset" with Karzai that Jason linked? Note this: READ MORE >>
The Final Descent Of John McCain
And Now a Word About the Cervix
Wow. Big week for women: How often do both our boobs and our cervices hit the front page of the NYT? READ MORE >>
Come Again?
TNR’s Seyward Darby, who indexed Going Rogue for us earlier this week, is going to be talking Sarah Palin with Brian Lehrer this morning at 11:40. It’s 93.9 on the dial if you live in New York. If you don’t, check it out here. READ MORE >>
Oprah Packs Up Her Toys
It's all over the news today that Oprah Winfrey will end her syndicated talk show in 2011, after 25 seasons. No need for women--or the book publishing industry--to panic. The assumption is that Oprah will move some version of her gab fest to, or at least make frequent appearance on, her soon-to-be-launched, modestly named cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (aka OWN). READ MORE >>
Views From the Iranian Opposition
As Obama ratchets up the rhetoric against a dithering (heh) Iran, an opposition leader offers this advice: The international spokesman for Iran's main opposition movement called for President Barack Obama to increase his public support for Iranian democrats and significantly intensify financial pressure on Tehran's elite military unit, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. READ MORE >>
My Dinner With Sotomayor
Well, not exactly. Ben Smith blogs my tweet about dining two tables away from the newest Justice at the modest but nice ($20 entrees), Brooklyn restaurant Po last night. Which is not a shocker, as Sotomayor once lived in the surrounding Carroll Gardens neighborhood. READ MORE >>
How Do You Say 'Reset' in Pashto?
The WaPo's Rajiv Chandrasekaran reports that the Obama administration has decided to try a little tenderness with Hamid Karzai: READ MORE >>
