The Daily Grind

Kristol: Conservatives should be careful how they argue against big-government liberalism. Bill Richardson joins the birth certificate debate? “Obama is an immigrant.” Dennis Kucinich really wants in on the Team of Rivals: “I was as rivalish or more so than a lot of the so-called rivals he’s chosen.” William “Cold Cash” Jefferson felled by the first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress. Meet Joseph Cao. The NYT predictably blames white voters for Jefferson’s loss, ignoring Cao’s compelling life story and Jefferson’s, ahem, ethical challenges. Abortion politics didn’t doom the GOP. Five secretaries of state advise Hillary. Jeremiah Wright vs. Elisabeth Hasselbeck: “That dumb broad.” Fall of Western Civilization Watch: Words about Christianity and British history removed from children’s dictionary in UK. Some liberals flat-out angry with Obama. Obama team runs to HuffPo to explain cabinet choices to the angry Left. Cheney losing weight, cutting down on holiday treats, thereby depriving the Daily Kos readers of their favorite Republican death-wish comment threads. Baghdad holds first oil expo since fall of Saddam, rolling out red carpet for investors. “You thought I was gone, didn’t you???”