It never ceases to amaze me how much politicians bend over backward to appeal to moderate swing voters, while simultaneously attempting to appeal to third-party swing votes through insults and lies. Full Article at Open Left

Well, the Los Angeles Times reported that House OKs measure to make anti-gay violence a hate crime. We caught it in a recent diary as well. Full Article at Pam's House Blend

Some might say it's been a longtime coming -- at least since Richard Nixon's appeals to the "Silent Majority" and Spiro Agnew's villification of the media -- but the crisis of conservative intellectualism is coming to a head at the moment. Full Article at Newsweek