- A good article in the Times on Obama‘s political roots on the Chicago South Side
- McCain‘s convention chair gets booted after just nine days on the job for ties to the Burmese government. Where does the GOP find these guys?
- A depressing story in the Post on immigrant prisons. On a more positive note, it turns out that Spanish-only newscasts in Los Angeles might be a better source of news than their English counterparts.
- Did you know that Harry Reid wrote a book? Neither did I…
- North Carolina’s Senate race is starting to look competitive.
- Frank Rich has another good column on why the 2008 election is truly sui generis, and trying to compare it to 1968, 1988 or even 2004 is ultimately futile.
–Mori Dinauer