— And doing so with the kind of confident non-elitist elitism that makes elitist non-elites practically purple with elite envy: Forget cultural insularity or smugness. The main problem with the “new elite” is that they’re not an elite at all. That is, they aren’t particularly smart, or competent. They are credentialed, but those credentials aren’t so much markers for smartness or competence, or even basic education, as they are admission

Comeuppance? You tell me. At the very least, it’s a nice start — and probably a welcome relief to anyone who’s ever been unlucky enough to draw her attention. Enjoy the accommodations, Deb! I’m sure orange jumpsuits and canned beans really bring out your eyes. **** update: I’ll post more info as it comes it, starting with this, via email: “Judge Vogt gave [Frisch] far more [than] the prosecution asked

So says Charlie Cook — or rather, so says the email alerting me to the findings — in a special report for National Journal. What Cook himself says is that the Senate is hard to read. Which is, in effect, saying nothing much at all: It’s easy to look at what appears to be a gigantic Republican 2010 midterm election wave in the House and feel a little slack-jawed, but

Washington Examiner: Obama and company have been on a demagogic spree in recent weeks, attacking the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a host of shadowy, unnamed “foreign interests” for allegedly pumping millions of anonymous dollars into U.S. politics to buy the election. The charge is demonstrably false, but that doesn’t prevent its endless repetition. On Friday, however, we learned courtesy of the Wall Street Journal that the biggest political spending