Aaron Sorkin Writes a West Wing meeting for the ages

What if Barack Obama got to meet Aaron Sorkin’s President Bartlet? 
Thanks to Maureen Dowd at the NY Times, we get to read it here.

Dowd fillets Palin Pick

Maureen Dowd runs right at the Palin Pick…
Some of my favorite quotes:
…Only four days into her reign as John McCain’s “soul mate,” or “Trophy Vice,” as some bloggers are calling her, on the ticket known as “Maverick Squared,” Palin, the governor of Alaska, has already accrued two gates (Troopergate and Broken-watergate), a lawyer (for Troopergate), [...]

Maureen Dowd: Two Against One

One has to wonder is Maureen Dowd, really paranoid or really funny.

The NY Times Opines for Obama

David Brooks, NY Times conservative columnist pens this description of Obama as something of an unknowable. 
While Maureen Dowd draws a literary comparison for all the PUMA’s out there. 
UPDATE: Dan Schnur adds these thoughts on why perceptions never die in politics.
For better or worse, assume that the competing stick figures of Angry Old Geezer and Callow [...]