The worth of a primary challenge demonstrated: McCain changes his tune on immigration.
Britain’s Tories appear to be demonstrating how to lose to complete losers. Me: I think that all the Tory effort has just been weak. From what I can tell, they are running on a platform of responsible stewardship of the lousy political and economic system Labour has built up over the past ten years. Note to conservatives: when the people are furious with the way things are, promise to do different things, not the same, old things an allegedly better way.
In Afghanistan, Michael Yon questions General McChrystal’s conduct of the campaign and some milbloggers take Yon to task. Herschel Smith of Captain’s Journal puts it in perspective – Yon is doing the job he’s supposed to be doing: reporting on the war and asking questions of the high command. Me: I’ve an uneasy feeling about the Afghan campaign compensated by my awed respect of the men and women in our armed forces – if anyone can carry even a half-baked strategy to victory, they can. The troops, being lions, will probably pull this out for us, even though our leaders may well be asses.
Latest on the Goldman Sachs scandal – Mish has been keeping close tabs on this from the get-go.
How to anger liberals: Assert that Europe’s greatest heritage is its Christianity.
Credit where credit is due: the good things Obama has done.
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