Politics and other nightmares

I still think this is a bad idea:

William Kristol doesn't want to give up on Mitch Daniels:

I've got to think Monday night’s debate further swelled the groundswell of support for Mitch Daniels.

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If Republicans weren't supposed to care about Bill Clinton's philandering, is it fair to ask Democrats to ignore Newt Gingrich's serial monogamy?

Say, this is different -- a court decision that actually protects our privacy:

What is it about New Jersey and Oregon that makes their drivers lazy wimps?

New Jersey residents aren't primed about pumping their own gasoline.

A new poll shows nearly two-thirds support the state rule requiring that only station attendants can pump gas in the Garden State.

For the first time in its 71-year history, the Chicago Sun-Times says it will not make endorsements in the upcoming elections.

In an editorial published Monday, the Sun-Times essentially said as a newspaper endorsements are passé at a time when there are so many other sources of information that “allow even a casual voter to be better informed than ever before.”

Interesting:

Gee, do ya think?

Labor activists are deciding whether to go ahead with protests that could include Teamsters clogging city streets with trucks and electricians staging a slowdown at the convention center site of the NFL village. What's holding them back is a fear the effort could create a backlash from those who think sports and politics don't mix.

Huh. Something I did not know about Indiana law:

It's likely that Super Bowl XLVI revelers Downtown will be able to carry open alcoholic drinks outside the bars where they bought them when festivities rev up on Jan. 27.

This is supposed to be a bombshell?

Earlier in the evening, ABC News had broadcast a portion of an interview with Gingrich’s second wife, Marianne Gingrich, who told the network that in the 1990s her then-husband asked for an “open marriage” during an affair with former congressional aide and current wife, Callista.