Internal Monologue

It looks like there will be one more Democratic senator . Why does it take so long to count votes in Alaska? That sounds like a setup line to a Sarah Palin joke. If you figure out a good punch line, put it in the comments.

Stephane : There is too much at stake, too many to help, to much to do. The time has come for us all. To roll up our sleeves. We too had a dream. And today you made it a reality.. From the bottom of my Heart, and with tears of joy in my eyes, With love, from France, Stephane He then shows a series of pictures of people around the world celebrating Obama's victory. Those pictures are wonderful. (HT: Mad Latinist via email)

Amy Balliett and bride (I don't know which one is Amy).

Sullivan : Let's be real in a way the national media seems incapable of: this person should never have been placed on a national ticket in a mature democracy. She was incapable of running a town in Alaska competently. The impulsive, unvetted selection of a total unknown, with no knowledge of or interest in the wider world, as a replacement president remains one of the most disturbing events in modern American history. That the press felt required to maintain a facade of normalcy for two months - and not to declare the whole thing a farce from start to finish - is a sign of their total loss of nerve. That the Palin absurdity should follow the two-term presidency of another individual utterly out of his depth in national government is particularly troubling. 46 percent of Americans voted for the possibility of this blank slate as president because she somehow echoed their own sense of religious or cultural "identity". Until we figure out how this happened, we will not be ab

Noboby knows where this document came from, but I suppose it's as good a jumping off point as any. I haven't read it yet.

Ezra Klein agrees with what I posted earlier about the possibility of bailing out GM: But what's the end game here? Depending on how you understood the financial crisis, the banks were either suffering from temporary illiquidity or insolvency. The problem was, in either case, transient, and not tied into to the fundamental business model. Buttressing them in the short-term would allow them to survive and return to prosperity in the medium-term. But GM's decades-long decline is a consequence of its business model. They've been in freefall for years now. Saving them in the short-term probably just means they die in the medium-term, or maybe are saved again. Presume the government does extend the loan. Then what? What reason is there to believe that GM is simply enduring a temporary solvency crisis rather than simply dying? Save the workers. Save the communities. But unless GM comes up with a plausible turnaround plan, they can't be saved.

via Sullivan .