was better or worse now than 4 years ago, they would say worse.

Hannity is living in Wonderland and he appears to very much be of the

"Let them eat cake!"

mold. Made Fox look bad.

This time he cracked me up :

Memo to Kristol: you may think Palin is sophisticated enough to grasp the high-level fantasies and abstractions that you have devised in your own head to defend the indefensible. But she isn't, buddy. She has a degree in sports journalism from the University of Idaho, and went to several colleges in several years. She thinks Leo Strauss is a brand of jeans. She doesn't have a clue what she's talking about. Remember: she doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is and heard about the surge "on the news."
(my emphasis)

Sullivan is certainly the most agreeable conservative I've ever known.

Democratic jitters about the US presidential race have spread to
Capitol Hill, where some members of Congress are worried that Barack
Obama’s faltering campaign could hurt their chances of re-election.

Party
leaders have been hoping to strengthen Democratic control of the House
and Senate in November, but John McCain’s jump in the polls has stoked
fears of a Republican resurgence.

A Democratic fundraiser for Congressional candidates said some planned
to distance themselves from Mr Obama and not attack Mr McCain.

Here's the rest of the story ...

And of course there's this !

AP: MCCAIN/PALIN UP 4...
GALLUP DAILY: UP 3...
RASMUSSEN: UP 3...

"Sarah Palin is the distilled essence of wingnut. She has it all. She is dishonest. She is a religious nut. She is incurious. She is anti-science. She is inexperienced. She abuses her authority. She hides behind executive privilege. She is a big spender. She works from the gut and places a greater value on instinct than knowledge.

And most dangerous of all, she is supremely self-confident to the point of not recognizing how ill-equipped she is to lead the country.

George Bush in a dress. The Palin interview should be a gut-check for Republicans and conservatives who think the last eight years has been a perversion of conservative principles. I am betting most of them will not even put down their pom-poms, though. "

So sadly true.

While Obama supporters flail about and bemoan the state of the race,
here’s something to consider: the fix which Barack Obama is now in is
entirely of his own making. The obvious blunder was in bypassing
Hillary Clinton as VP. With Clinton, the frenzy of excitement would
have been for the Democrats and Sarah Palin would be back in Alaska.
But that is not Obama’s only flub, not by a long shot. Consider:

– Reneging on his public financing promise: Had he not
done that, he might have saved his New Politics reputation and avoided
his current money woes.

– Going on the Magical Mystery Tour: Had he not done that, we likely
wouldn’t have had the “I still don’t think the surge was worth it”
interview, there wouldn’t have been the priceless Berlin rally footage
and he might have spent the summer at home talking about energy policy.

– Nixing the townhalls: Had he not done that, he — again — might
have sustained the New Politics moniker and could have kept the focus
on domestic issues and McCain’s association with George Bush.

– Losing the opportunity of a lifetime: Had he not done the angry
liberal routine in Denver he might not be trailing among independents
by an unbelievable margin of 52-37% .

There are a host of other, smaller errors (e.g. the atrocious Rick
Warren forum, hiding from the press in Hawaii during the invasion of
Georgia), but the conclusion is inescapable: if Barack Obama does lose
this, there won’t be anyone to blame but himself.

Jen Rubin