Remember Sonia Sotomayor, the Puerto Rican judge and potential Supreme Court pick who is, according to important legal insiders, an annoying retarded loser? Here’s another “knock” on her chances: she’s a Type One diabetic. She was being so dumb and annoying one day that God gave her diabetes. Does this spark a wider debate about something? The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein suggests “yes it does” in his new article, “Sotomayor’s Medical History Sparks Wider Debate.” Should her diabetes factor into the vetting process? If the liberals think she’s so “smart,” then why is she diabetic? If she died a few years after being selected, might this be a good thing for Obama? MORE »

HERE’S A FUN PRESS CORPS GAME CALLED “STEAL POLITICO’S SEAT!” We rather like the anecdotes in this FiveThirtyEight post about how oppressed bloggers are always trying to steal Politico’s seat at White House press briefings, only to be caught minutes later by confused Politico reporters. This could be a fun daily game! So we ask that reporters take turns stealing Politico’s seat — one day Sam Stein does it, the next day David Corn, etc. — and e-mail us the name of Politico reporter who awkwardly kicked you out, and what it was like. [FiveThirtyEight]

The whole political Internets were abuzz (WITH JEALOUSY) all day yesterday about how lil’ old Sam Stein, the workmanlike Huffington Post blog reporter, got to ask Obama a very serious question at his primetime press conference about prosecuting Bush and Cheney for their various crimes against everyone. White House press conferences will devolve into Atrios yelling monosyllabic pejoratives from a dark corner in the back of the room, for days. It is David Denby’s dream. Anyway, yeah, Sam Stein, he interviewed Pat Leahy last night and got some good stuff. MORE »

Be sure to check your liberal New York Times Magazine this week, as star reporter Robert Draper has put together “an explosive story… on the inner workings and combative personalities of what has been a wild few months for the McCain campaign,” according to the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein. You can read his preview here, but be warned, that Sam Stein is a major tease! He says there are all sorts of “juicy nuggets,” so presumably he’s read an advance copy and is being mean and won’t share. BOOOOO! We want the story NOW. Who at the New York Times can leak this? Hmm… oh, ha, obviously Bill Kristol can leak it! Everyone seriously e-mail Bill Kristol immediately, subject line, “E-MAIL ME THE BIG MCCAIN STORY RIGHT NOW, SWINE” and nothing else. It’ll work. Go. NOW. [HuffPo]