"Sorry, I'm out of here until after the election. Vote for Obama, I've known you would for a long time..."

"... but don't belittle the real questions surrounding him. Your rash of recent posts come across as a strained attempt to justify ...

Look at the movement on Gallup's "strong and decisive leader" graph.

What accounts for that? Is it all about Sarah? Picking her was "strong and decisive." Or was it something more general about the 2...

"This woman is an Obama-level political natural."

Says Megan McArdle. Indeed. It's like some bizarre nightmare/dream (depending on your party preference). The Dems had Obama, and then.....

Glenn Reynolds polls his readers on their choice for President.

Vote and see — or just look — at who his readers are picking. As Dan at 4:17 AM says: "Just in case Glenn was wondering who reads his...

Bernard-Henri Lévy says why Barack Obama will be President.

The French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy is writing about America again, getting things wrong, of course: Then there is ... the American a...

Neil Diamond on "American Idol."

I'm just catching up with the TiVo'd show. (As I said, I was walking over the Brooklyn Bridge. Just an after work walk. Midway throu...

I think I'm going to have to stop watching "American Idol."

Monday marked the first day of my 5th year of blogging, and during each of those past 4 years, I blogged every episode — did I miss even 1? ...

"Does he have sex appeal?... Can you smell the English leather on this guy?"

"Does he have sex appeal? . . . Can you smell the English leather on this guy, the Aqua Velva, the sort of mature man's shaving cre...

"Hillary Clinton was first lady in Arkansas, first lady at the White House for eight years, U.S. senator for seven years. Can you compete with that?"

Tim Russert threw that softball at Barack Obama on "Meet the Press" today. Here's the answer: Well, you know, if you’re compa...

"A kafuffle has broken out between Yale Constitutional Law Professor Jed Rubenfeld and self-righteous right-wing blogger 'Simon.'"

LOL. Our Simon has a quote for his banner from preening, left-wing, he's-not-Mickey blogger Stephen Kaus (who seems to be some sort of ...

"American Idol" -- the "most shocking" result ever.

It's a two hour show tonight, but it's helping poor people, if you call up and make a donation. There are a lot of extra celebrities...

"American Idol" gives back.

So this is some sort of charity event, with sponsors donating 10¢ a call, but only up to 50 million calls, so they seem to be using this gim...

"Can we marry up those two — or maybe that's the wrong word — can we have some kind of union of those two issues?"

NY Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman leaned on Condoleezza Rice after she complained about the lack of Farsi and Arabic translators in t...

It's me and Amy Sullivan...

... on Bloggingheads! ADDED: The volume discrepancy between me and Amy has been fixed. What caused it? I think she actually was speaking in ...

"Woman's Inhumanity to Woman."

That's a book by Phyllis Chesler , cited by Simon in the comments to the Condi post I wrote this morning. I read the comment right afte...

Not the usual political discussion.

Elisa Camahort assures BlogHer conventioneers that the political blogging session -- which includes me -- is not going to be about the usua...

Supreme Court invalidates Guantanamo military commissions.

SCOTUSblog reports: The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Congress did not take away the Court's authority to rule on the military co...

"And so I know now I'm on a different plane."

Byron York quotes Markos Moulitsas. Mickey Kaus piles on (amusingly). But let's look at the quote: This week has been a very interesti...

So much for radio... it's time for TV: "American Idol" -- the final 5.

Let's throw the cares of the world aside and fall into the arms of Ryan Seacrest, who will guide us through our national folly. The them...

"American Idol" -- the final 11.

"She has no range," says Barry Manilow about Mandisa. He means that she can sing well throughout her large range. Apparently, he u...