Afternoon Arugula

An actual post on arugula … courtesy of Matt.

Ezra has a Princeton political scientist saying almost EXACTLY what we said yesterday in response to Blumenthal’s analysis. And we ain’t even got no PhD’s.

TPM thinks that, if McCain weren’t a presidential candidate, there might be good reason for the Secret Service to worry about his rallies.

Marc doesn’t think McCain is being serious right now.

Matt thinks Obama is definitely playing mindgames with McCain over the Ayers thing.

Ezra reminds us that the self-interest of all of these failing lending institutions is reinforcing their tendency to fail in tough times(just as their self-interest reinforced their tendency to succeed in good times).

Market performance vs. McCain, a chart.

Mark Blumenthal looks at yesterday’s polls and also is surprised by West Virginia.

The always sharp David Gergen is worried that this nonsense from McCain-Palin could lead to violence.

Republicans and Democrats alike condemn the McCain campaign.

Omaha is in play! Go Huskers!

Ta-Nehisi thinks John McCain is Tyson right before the Douglass KO and ...

… beef is when the working folks can’t find jobs.

Ed Week finally debunks the insane “Annenberg is radical” myth, but the funniest part is that Mrs. Annenberg is a big McCain supporter.

Registration alone could turn this one.

Republican Baltimore Sun reporter connects McCain to right-wing extremist hate. (via TPM)

Sean at FiveThirtyEight lays the smack down on Michael Barone.

Even Fox can’t get Ayers to stick.