by Daniel De Groot [courtesy of Open Left - Front Page]

by Christy Hardin Smith [courtesy of Firedoglake]

The YouTube at left is the original CNN attempt at "debunking" the idiotic Obama e-mail smears -- my favorite part is Howie Kurtz saying that the way the media works these days is to run with unsourced internet smear rumors, and then backtrack to determine their veracity after the information is already "out there." Journamalism at its finest, eh?McClatchy shows how this ought to be done, getting to the heart

by Steve Rosenbaum [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

We're living in the era of the Hybrid. New mixes. New cultural combinations. And with this new era of Hybrid Politics -- an opportunity to see the word in a new way.

by Nell Scovell [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

Bill Clinton once said of his wife, "I can't make her younger ... taller ... male." But I can. Here's a brief exploration of how the candidates' resumes might change if they'd been born in each other's skins.

by Miles Mogulescu [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

For four days now Barack Obama has stood all but alone, valiantly defending himself against charges of elitism from multi-millionaires Bill and Hillary Clinton and...