Weekend Open Thread
How goes it?
Veteran mainstream media journalist: We were biased against Sarah Palin
This (h/t: Tim Graham) is probably one of the most explosive and detailed pieces of journalism you’ll ever read on the double standards the media employed last year in their coverage of Sarah Palin versus Joe Biden. One of the money quotes:
Burris to retire next year
Chris Cillizza reports:
Quote of the Day – from Carol Browner, climate-czar
Mark Tapscott writes:
RNC House recruitment for 2010 looks promising
It’s much too detailed of a post for me to quote a small portion from, so make sure you click this link to read Jim Geraghty’s round-up of good RNC House recruiting news for 2010 candidates. As Geraghty explains, next year will be the first year since 2004 that national Republicans won’t be running against a strong wind, so we may see our first opportunity to reverse the stinging losses we faced in 2006 and 2008.
Declaring today “Bad News for Obama Day” (UPDATED)
As I scanned the headlines just a few minutes ago at Memeorandum, it struck me how many bad news stories I saw that directly impact the administration negatively. Here they are: