- Former President Jimmy Carter has blamed the late Sen. Ted Kennedy for his failure to implement health-care reform more than three decades ago. Carter claims in an interview with 60 Minutes that Kennedy deliberately blocked Carter’s bill because of their political feud. Carter, who has spent years attempting to restore his image after an unpopular presidency, seems willing to bring down Kennedy’s in the process.
- Conservative thinkers seem unconvinced that Christine O'Donnell's primary means Sarah Palin would win the Republican nomination in a race for president. Writing for National Review Online, Ramesh Ponnuru says the Tea Party vote could easily split when it comes to a national race. Those who voted for O'Donnell at the state level may have very different feelings about a crazy candidate who can't actually win on the national level. Any still in doubt would do well to revisit a history of Barry Goldwater's abysmal 1964 presidential campaign.
- Is Rupert Murdoch the new Richard Nixon? Maybe. Writing for Slate, Jack Shafer makes the case that Murdoch may be facing his end after major papers revealed that his tabloid, News of the World, hacked the phone lines of hundreds of people throughout the '90s. Although Murdoch may plead ignorance and blame the breaches all on overzealous underlings, Schafer paints a portrait of the media mogul as someone who sets the tone of his newsroom. The man who set out to own the news may turn out to be the news.
- Remainders: Clinton calls Bush a liberal; Democrats unveil a new slogan and (stolen) logo; and a new New York Times poll spells doom and gloom for both parties.
-- Justin Snow
