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- One thing I've learned writing the LR is that political news actually diminishes right before a primary. It makes sense, when you think about it, since any speculation will be proved wrong tomorrow, while it's still fresh in people's minds, rather than a week or two later when it has been forgotten. Also, who's going to make big news right before the news cycle is taken over by a an election?
- One exception to this is Hillary Clinton's announcement of a plan to try and seat the Michigan and Florida delegations. A lot of people are wondering why she'd make such a polarizing move like that now. I was confused too until I realized, it's got to be a bid for votes in Florida which votes on Tuesday. Why else would she announce it now? Confused about this whole delegate thing? See my article from yesterday. And yes, as Ezra says, this is a big deal.
- In case you thought the fighting was over, Clinton is now claiming Obama is the aggressor. In other news, newly revealed documents show that the USS Madox and Turner Joy were attacked by Vietnamese boats in the gulf of Tonkin.
- CNN meanwhile is finally getting around to removing several Clinton backers from their slots as supposedly neutral political analysts.
- Prospect co-founder and former Clinton cabinet member Robert Reich ain't soundin' so friendly.
- In the ridiculous attack primary, the Anti-Defamation League is making a strong showing with its criticism of an ad that touts Obama as a "committed Christian." Shocking, I know.
- This morning's Lightning Round didn't mention last night's debate because, one, the debate was apparently very boring and, two, it was actually written yesterday before the debate. Which makes it really weird that I wrote about Mitt Romney, economy-whisperer since that same phrase now refers to a bizarre voice that whispered "raise taxes" while the camera showed him.
- Huckabee, meanwhile, hearts ... atheists? Cool.
- John McCain doesn't understand economics, case study #187: He thinks that Jack Kemp, Phil Gramm, Warren Rudman, Pete Peterson and the Concord group represent a school of economic thought.
- Finally, there's not enough hard-boiled, muckraking investigative journalism (I, for one, never get around to boiling my rake) but SlateV steps boldly into the breech with this piece on whether you can eat squirrels and, if so, whether you can cook them in a popcorn popper.
--Sam Boyd
