Afternoon Arugula

James Fallows goes point by point on Palin’s speech

Goldberg interviews Chabon – reigning expert of all things Judeo-Alaskan – on Palin

I think democrats should take Douthat’s advice unless we want last night’s arguments to gain any traction.

TPM doesn’t think it’s a “denigrate liberals” kind of year.

Life imitates liberal dudes … Roger Simon delivers his own version of “off-limits/not off-limits” and hits it out of the park

Yglesias lays the smack down on the “energy issue.” Sure, Palin understands energy politics, but Alaskans – particularly their politicians – BENEFIT from HIGHER energy costs. Ummmmm …

He also offers a spin on the culture wars than I’ve rarely seen ... snowmobiles vs. arugula!

Sullivan wonders if Palin is a petro-dictator … sort of.

Nate Silver thinks the cognitive dissonance of a political unknown (Palin) telling us what to think about a known quantity (Obama) will ultimately fail.

Tapper shows us that MI independents were not enamored of the Governor

Ben Smith has Obama wondering whether Palin can take more than 4 days.

Ambers finds out that Palin woke the beast. Duh.

And finally, possible the best Daily Show clip ever.