The More Things Change
Dmitri Medvedev, the next Russian president, was not in the KGB, has never been elected to public office, and will hopefully not be quite as much of a hardass as his predecessor, Vladimir Putin. [ New York Times ]
Various high-level Clinton advisors reiterate that Hillary will need to win Ohio and Texas to stay viable. [ Washington Post ]
John McCain and Barack Obama respectfully disagree about pretty much everything, but particularly about the war in Iraq. [ Washington Post ]
"The most technologically advanced border security initiative in American history" has run into, uh, technical problems, so the "virtual fence" project is getting delayed. [ Washington Post ]
If Barack Obama is the Democratic presidential nominee, and if his race ends up magically guaranteeing a substantitve, non-racist debate between him and John McCain on the issues, then that will be nice, but boring. [ LA Times ]
Republicans want their taxes cut, Democrats do not, and as we head into another recession, chances are Republicans will prevail. [ Politico ]
Michael Bloomberg breaks our hearts again by reminding us that he is still not running for President. [ New York Times ]