The BlogThe Daily Grind7:29 AM, Apr 12, 2010
• By MARY KATHARINE HAM
Third party candidate can't even save Reid, says new poll. Reid advisers relying on the "none of the above vote." SNL appears to have simply taken a Palin-bashing brainstorming session and turned it into a skit without editing. What will they have left for next year? New York's hipsters too cool for the census. Apparently, right-wing paranoia's reach wider than ever expected. A progressive light astutely pegs the reason for the pro-Israel stance of most southern Republicans: "They’re infatuated with the Israeli army. Why? Because the Israeli army kills Muslims." Palin to Rubio: "Call me!" Courage to acknowledge the entitlement crisis: Synthetic indignation being the first refuge of political featherweights, Crist's campaign announced that he believes Rubio's suggestions are "cruel, unusual and unfair to seniors living on a fixed income." They are indeed unusual, because flinching from the facts of the coming entitlements crisis is the default position of all but a responsible few, such as Wisconsin's Rep. Paul Ryan, who has endorsed Rubio. The 'stache is back, and John Stossel was just ahead of his time. The health-care fight in Massachusetts heats up. Get excited for our own version. Most transparent administration ever: President Barack Obama was overheard Sunday telling Pakistan's Prime Minister about the kerfuffle he caused a day earlier when he breached protocol and left the White House without members of the press in tow. The Weekly Standard ArchivesBrowse 15 Years of the Weekly Standard
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