Today on the Dish, Perry stuck with vague prognostications on foreign policy, we weighed whether he could repeal healthcare reform, and Chait wondered what would take him down. We assessed Perry's instinctive populism, Palin waffled on her appearance at a Tea Party rally this weekend, while some proposed she could be frenemies with Romney. Allan Lichtman predicted Obama won't lose 2012, Tom Jensen disagreed among others, but Steve Kornacki held out hope for the "adult in the room." Jonathan Last reminded us Romney isn't very good at winning elections and Maisie wondered if any candidate would seek the Hispanic vote.
Americans grew less partisan about healthcare reform, we expressed concern for factory jobs lost by technology, and even with the super-committee, the long term deficit didn't look good. The jury was still out on whether the stimulus worked and Ackerman assessed Petraeus' smart counterinsurgency strategy. SCOTUSBlog wrapped up its symposium on the constitutionality of marriage equality, and gay marriage supporters grew, but not in conjunction with pro-choice supporters. Hospitals sometimes make us sick, Wilkinson panned the new MLK memorial, and readers let us know that immigrant visas already cost a good amount.
The NTC opted not to have peacekeepers in Libya, and we feared that the Libyan rebels may be targeting blacks. Streetwalkers in Germany had to buy a sex permit and Alejandro Sueldo analyzed our relations with Russia and China. A Confederacy reenactor shared his sweet, non-violent memories, we burrowed deeper into the infinity hole, and we debated the very serious merits of guilty pleasures.
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–Z.P.
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