I thought Sarah did an excellent job in presenting herself to America. She is a tough, warm, and cheerful person, and not stupid by any means. She's neither an arrogant member of the DC Mandarin class nor an intellectual: she's a smart, practical American with plenty of life experience who doesn't come across as particularly ideological. A "Grand Slam," says John at Powerline. The liveblog from Jules is entertaining.
Tax payers bail out US auto industry - again.
Anonymity can turn nice people nasty.
ACORN in Michigan under vote fraud investigation.
Kling's summary post on the causes of the banking crisis
The solar minimum and climate change. Tiger
HIV is 100 years old
Dino: Libor is up and the credit markets are shutting down. Not good. More on the subject from Tyler Cowen