Wonkette
- Myanmar’s government raises estimates of the death toll to over 22,000 following this weekend’s cyclone. [Reuters]
- The U.S. needs more troops in Afghanistan, but they’re all tied up in Iraq, and none of our allies will help. [Wall Street Journal]
- American presidential candidates have a long, proud history of unsuccessfully mimicking the rubes whose votes they need. [Washington Post]
- Indiana politicians are particularly craven in their endorsements this year, because it might affect their own political futures in the fall. [Los Angeles Times]
- Now that every other major mortgage backer has failed, it is time for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to go bust. [New York Times]
- Harry Reid is talking like a Clinton voter, even though he has remained officially unaligned. [The Hill]
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