Who knew? No, really. Is it possible the administration (and John McCain, naturally) backed the wrong horse? That they were completely unprepared? That, for the sake of appearances, they urged the ouster of a long-time ally — without having a plan for any kind of transition, and without having an adequate understanding of the players? The problem is, once you’ve come out for FREEDOM! — and you’re all about appearances

A nice companion piece to Harsanyi’s column, this time from CNS News. “American Businesses Should Spend Some of Their Cash Reserves to Create ‘Green’ Jobs, Suggests EPA’s Lisa Jackson”: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson suggested on Tuesday that American businesses with a “record amount of cash holdings,” estimated at $1.93 trillion, could invest some of those holdings to create jobs that advance pollution control. Jackson, speaking at the BlueGreen

Harsanyi on the new normal. “Cronyism isn’t capitalism”: “Right now, businesses across this country are proving that America can compete,” Obama explained, listing a number of businesses that get it like Caterpillar, Whirlpool, Dow and a company named Geomagic. All of these phenomenal success stories (thanks to Ira Stoll at The Future of Capitalism blog for pointing this out) also share, in one way or another, the privilege of feeding

“Clinic Near Baden-Baden Considered For Mubarak”: The United States government’s scenario for an end to the political chaos in Egypt appears to be this: President Hosni Mubarak travels to Germany for a “prolonged health check” that would offer the 82-year-old a dignified departure. Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that secret talks to that effect were being held between the US government and Egyptian military officials. According to