Un. Fricken. Believable.

Tonight's CBS Evening News with Katie Couric will broadcast an interview with Gov. Sarah "Heartbeat Away" Palin. Here's a teaser where Katie gives her the opportunity to sell us all on her foreign policy credentials, but there's no there there:


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Truthfully, I don't fault Gov. Palin for being who she is. I fault Sen. McCain for elevating her to the national scene. He chose his vice president recklessly.

But doesn't she conjure some fun images? Like Putin as the Big Giant Head rising on the western horizon, big enough to show up on Alaskan radar? It sure is a good thing that she's up there defending our border.

Obama's Economic Plan

I think it goes without saying that our disastrous economy is the result of laissez-faire (a.k.a. Republican) economic policy. The party of "government isn't the solution, it's the problem" has proven yet again that markets need regulation. Frankly, I think we need a new New Deal to replace our current hypercapitalism with a system of fiscal responsibility, and we need it soon.

But the idea that any card-carrying member of the GOP could or would impose meaningful regulation on the markets is just too laughable. Regulation, Sen. McCain? Seriously? The only people who would believe that are the ones who haven't paid attention for the last quarter-century or so. And, if any of you fit that description, I'd like to share with you a two-minute video from Sen. Barack Obama.



This year, please vote for your economic interests. Don't be distracted by lies or "values" or culture wars or non-Anglo-Saxon names or race or gender or anything else that divides us.