Michael Barone says that Dems are winning everywhere except the polls.

To paraphrase Golda Meir, they’ll start to win elections again when they learn to love their country and its military more than they hate George Bush. Which probably means that they’re due for a long sojourn in the political wilderness.

We’re getting the first bits of wind and thunderstorms from it here. I guess Al Gore’s killer hurricane season has begun. I’m sure that he’ll be thrilled to have the first storm named after him.

A lot of Dems aren’t happy about the prospects of Hillary running for president. But they have no one but themselves to blame:

A lot of Dems aren’t happy about the prospects of Hillary running for president. But they have no one but themselves to blame:

A lot of Dems aren’t happy about the prospects of Hillary running for president. But they have no one but themselves to blame:

I’m sorry (though, on reconsideration, there’s no obvious reason to be), but I thought that the latest issue of bloggingheads TV was hilarious. It starts out with Bob Wright dissing Ann Coulter’s ignorant screed on evolution. But I really like their letters to the editor.

Arnold Kling has an interesting essay on libertarianism and poverty, in which he notes:

If the tendency of government were to expand on its successes and cut back on its failures, then I probably would not remain a libertarian.

Much of his thesis is, of course, applicable to government versus non-government space programs as well.

The Washington Post says that there’s a growing and effective backlash against Hugo Chavez among his neighbors.

Ace Of Spades writes about the fragile egos of leftists.

I hope you’re sitting down, so you won’t fall down in amazement when I tell you that Michael Moore has been accused of using an interview out of context. The interviewee is unhappy to the tune of eighty five megabucks. It should be an entertaining trial. Unless, of course, it’s settled out of court.