Michael Moore as a sign of things to come for Obama: A prominent liberal breaks, in a big way, with the president over his Afghanistan policy. The Left fights itself: A review of The Left at War by Michael Berube (and more by Kevin Mattson). Bruce Reed on why Obama supporters ought to count their blessings. Obama lost, Obama found: Can he shed his brand, alienate the public, and by doing so become a great president? Jacob Weisberg on Obama's brilliant first year: By January, he will have accomplished more than any first-year president since FDR. Popularity contest: Has Obama gone too far? John Harris on 7 stories Barack Obama doesn't want told (and a response). If each liberal "special interest" group is actually just in it alone, what's the point of a common ideology? As an attempt to gain electoral advantage by demagogically short-circuiting open-ended public debate, the appeal to common sense deserves to be repudiated by all intellectually honest participants in American politics. Can populism be liberal? The GOP has owned it since Nixon — Democrats would have to return to the New Deal to recapture it. A populist Frankenstein: Mix Lou Dobbs’ brain, Sarah Palin’s sensual warmth, and Glenn Beck’s acting skills, and you’ve got one scary political monster (and more). Rightbloggers lament the persecution of Palin. An article on Matt Continetti defending Palin against her critics. The University of Alaska Southeast is now touting Professor Clive Thomas as a one-stop Palin expert, the first Palinologist. Sam Tanenhaus reviews Palin's Going Rogue (and more). The Next Paris Hilton: Why Sarah Palin isn’t going away any time soon.
