Politics and other nightmares

For such a "progressive" editorial page, The Journal Gazette sure is heavily invested in defending the status quo. Regarding the Chicago teachers' strike, an editorial this morning expressed concern over how unfair it is to demand they be held accountable for student performance. And what's even worse is that Indiana teachers already have to put up with that nonsense!

Here's an interesting experiment in cross-training:

My vote for meanest town in America goes to:

Awwww:

WASHINGTON (AP) - It could be the only day before Nov. 6 without explicit partisan rancor.

Both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney plan to take down their negative ads in honor of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Neither planned to appear at overtly political events, although Election Day is never far from their agendas.

Charlie White, say hello to Wendy Rosen:

Wendy Rosen, the Democratic challenger to Republican Rep. Andy Harris in the 1st Congressional District, withdrew from the race Monday amid allegations that she voted in elections in both Maryland and Florida in 2006 and 2008.

Good for Leon:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is suggesting that a retired Navy SEAL be punished for writing a book giving an insider's account of the U.S. raid that killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.

Ouch:

INDIANAPOLIS — An environmental group and Indiana's newspaper association criticized a state agency's plans to stop publishing newspaper notices on public hearings about proposed air quality policy changes, saying the shift will inevitably leave some residents in the dark about policies that could impact their health.

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I hope he's wrong, but I've entertained the thought a time or two myself:

Well, now we know that at least one of the four candidates at the top of the tickets believes in federalism:

Hey, you white-bread Republicans, get that phony Hispanic out of there. Quite trying to pretend Marco Rubio is an authentic represetative of  Latino culture in America. Have you no shame? Oh, wait. Never mind: