"It could not have passed a polygraph test....I mean, coming up with this bogus argument the Republicans have so much more money — the Republicans don’t have so much more money. He’s raised three times as much as John McCain has."--Mark Shields on NPR.

"I do think it’s the low point of the Obama candidacy, and I think it for this reason...And so for him to betray this, to sell out this issue, what won’t he sell out?"-- David Brooks.

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Of the editorial boards that opined Friday about his breaking the pledge, most of those that endorsed him during the primary were aggressive in their criticism.

The Philadelphia Inquirer’s called the decision “as disappointing as it is disingenuous,” while the Boston Globe’s wrote it “deals a body blow … to his own reputation as a reform candidate.” And The Baltimore Sun’s editorial called it “a major disappointment for those struggling to restrain the pernicious influence of special interests in American politics.”--Kenneth Vogel of Politico.

Will editorial boards actually endorse a Republican candidate over Obama? I doubt it. But Obama is trying to have it both ways, and he's unlikely to succeed.

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Speaking of having it both ways, Obama announced this past week that he will support the FISA bill in the Senate. Now he says that he will support a filibuster, and will attempt to strip the telecom retroactive immunity portion from the bill. (As a practical matter the bill will likely pass, as the telecom bill with explicit immunity provisions garnered 68 yes votes earlier this year.)

So does Obama support this bill or not? Can he take a single position on an issue and stick with it? Or are all of his positions will-o-the-wisps, to change based on which way he feels the air is blowing on a daily basis?

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Interesting article on health care: Let Wal-Mart fix our health care system.

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More ice on the global warming parade. And for evwhore and any others who want to say see "nxy", sorry--the graph (above) comes from Antarctic ice core samples, from the Vostok (Russian) research facility. It's only 400,000 years of data--is that not enough?