The Word You're Looking For, Mitt Romney, Is 'Schadenfreude'

• In his concern for Bristol Palin's privacy, Obama is now officially a better mother than Sarah. [ Ben Smith ]

• Palin actually wanted to build that pricey Alaskan superbridge, before all the persuasive backlash. [ Ezra Klein ]

• Oh, yes , so even more Palin fun facts will soon be revealed as your new Thomas Eagleton will go under oath to testify about Trooper-Gate. [ TPM Muckraker ]

• Country first: Sarah Palin thinks that the founding fathers said the Pledge of Allegiance. [ Michael Tomasky ]

• Thanks to Gustav, Barack Obama -- the topical character who is not Sarah, Trig or Bristol Palin -- had to cut short his motown karaoke crusade for Change. [ Top of the Ticket ]

• Sheriff Lott in the war-torn South Carolina has a new tank, complete with a belt-fed, turreted machine gun, the caliber of which is so horrific that even the US Army doesn't like to use it. It is called the Peacemaker because of course. [ Hit & Run ]