NYT. Note how this servant of the Brahmin caste attempts, in the second paragraph, to limit the debate to their favored meme:

But in the short term, members of both parties say, the broader outline of that struggle is likely to be reduced to a simple question: “Are you for or against children?”

That’s certainly what they’d like the debate to be about. What it’s actually about is “Are you for or against government control of the health care system?” Let’s see if the anti-statist side can get a word in edgewise.

NYT. Well, let’s see: She was appointed by her father, the Governor at the time. Ethics questions? Don’t see no ethics questions there.

I really like the reference to “self-described ethics watchdog group”. The Times deals with “self-described watchdog groups” all the time, taking their bloviations as factual; this is the first time I can recall the phrase “self-described” ever used in the views media.

WT. Note that all of this angst is from people who normally consider the Wall Street Journal the voice of the new Nazi party.

WT. Why it should come as a surprise to anyone that Democrats can come up with more extensive plans to spend taxpayer money than Republicans astonishes me.

What doesn’t surprise me is that Rudy Giuliani has embraced the Bob Dole “we can spend money like Democrats but more efficiently” role in this election. Giuliani is like John McCain: He only counts as a Republican because the Democrats are a bunch of left-wing nutters.