Today on the Dish, Andrew got angry at Netanyahu's refusal to consult with the US on Iran strikes, called Gingrich out for hyperbolic attacks on Ron Paul, chuckled at Santorum's unfortunate choice of words, and marveled at the blogosophere's inability to make the newsletters hurt Paul in Iowa. Bernstein wasn't as convinced on that last point, a reader kept up the debate on Paul and racism, Steve Kornacki credited a media blackout with Ron's rise, and the paleolibertarian continued to poll well in the Hawkeye state. Pundits grumbled about Iowa's outsized influence, Santorum (gag) surged, and Perry kept up his patented pattern of saying stupid things. Douthat tried to find the good in the GOP field while a 9-year-old grilled the candidates on the most important political issue of our time: superheroes.
Arab League monitors ineffectually surveyed the devastation in Syria, 38 North speculated about a world after Kim Jong-Il's bizarre funeral, and we worried that both India and China might both be heading towards serious economic problems. Chris Christie narrowly led the Yglesias Award voting, readers continued to discuss limiting work hours, and McCardle gave tips on saving money. We counted down the year in ridiculous comments from both Republicans and Democrats while Alyssa Rosenberg thought the Game Change movie should have been about the Edwards campaign. Wikipedia went global, touch was socially important everywhere, and broken Christmas lights got sent to China.
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– Z.B.
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