Oh, there we are.

TNR’s John Judis, while buying into the Frankian false consciousness thesis debunked earlier today, has some decent explanation of why — even before he uttered his infamous words about these voters “clinging” to guns, religion, and prejudice, Obama looked vulnerable in the heartland states, particularly among white working class voters.  In particular, Judis notes that historically, Democrats have been able to win over these voters in campaigns where there was: (1) an “Unacceptable Republican,” seen as

From the Food Network (the multi-talented Giada de Laurentis, among others):

Except for veteran Shepard Smith, there is no next-generation breakthough talent in the Fox stable. I mean, have they seen Megyn Kelly?  I mean, she’s no Liz Stephans, but . . .

defined.

We all know why Obama spoke the way he did on Monday. The forces transforming the American economy are big and hard to control. If you think your listeners aren’t sophisticated enough to grasp them, it’s much easier to blame those perfidious foreigners for all economic woes. It’s much more heroic to pretend that, by opposing Nafta, you can improve the lives of middle-class voters. Furthermore, these trade deals have

At the WaPo, E.J. Dionne unloads the usual liberal conventional wisdom regarding Barack Obama’s condescending view that small town residents are bitter and cling to guns, religion and prejudice due to the last 25 years of US economic policy: If Obama’s comments about working-class voters had come from the mouth of anyone except a candidate, they might have seemed mildly controversial but broadly true. Dionne’s fellow columnist Richard Cohen has been tougher on Obama

is shut the f*ck up! In a showing of pro-Chinese support, hundreds of demonstrators protested outside a college arena Monday as the Dalai Lama spoke to students on solving problems through dialogue. Keep it up, morons. Oh, and f*ck the LA Times.

Karl made this excellent suggestion, that I consider “Annie Get Your Gun” for another duet between Baracky and Hillary, based on Baracky’s scoffing comments regarding Hillary’s “recollections” of hunting ducks in PA in her youth. Like Annie Oakley. With a six-shooter. Which, I have to say, is an extraordinarily sporting way of hunting ducks, especially if you do it over your shoulder while using a mirror and riding bareback, which

I think it’s a fine sort of architecture in and of itself, but given the sensitivity amongst Black Americans to such historical signifiers, isn’t it a bit tone-deaf–if not grotesque–that the Obamas should have chosen to purchase a Georgian Manse, architecturally similar to many Southern plantation homes?