Blog Summaries

Former President George W. Bush made a surprise trip to greet troops returning home from overseas, Kathryn Jean Lopez notes. Meanwhile, a large majority of Americans oppose building a mosque near New York's Ground Zero.

The American Bar Association has passed a resolution supporting the gay-marriage decision in California, Joan McCarter writes. Meanwhile, Ben Quayle, the son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, as found himself in hot water for allegedly writing for a raunchy Web site.

Jon Walker points to a new Pew poll finding that Dems and Republicans are tied in generic ballot matchups. Young voters, however, are unenthusiastic. Meanwhile, the chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee in the House says any cuts to the entitlement program are "completely unacceptable."

Allahpundit notes that a (slim) majority of Americans thinks gays should have the right to marry, according to a new poll. Meanwhile, Pew estimates that 8 percent of Americans were born to undocumented immigrants.

It seems as though Shirley Sherrod’s ‘wisdom and dignity’ could make her for a good advising role in the White House, John Steele Gordon says at contentions. Also, there wasn’t a more fitting tribute to Stanley McChrystal than the former Army general’s retirement ceremony on Friday, Max Boot writes.

If outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward’s severance package is as reported, it’s the definition of ‘moral hazard,’ Jim White argues at firedoglake. Also, former Rep. Tom Tancredo’s (R-Colo.) call for President Obama’s impeachment makes sense within the larger context of emerging GOP rhetoric, Blue Texan says.

Money and healthcare go hand in hand, exmearden writes at Daily Kos in a first-hand perspective. Also, a fired Texas bus driver who refused to take a woman to Planned Parenthood shouldn’t get his job back, Kaili Joy Gray says.

ABC’s Jake Tapper has had a good run as the interim host as “This Week,” at least from a conservative perspective, Ed Morrissey writes at Hot Air. Also, Howard Dean might have overreached to suggest that Fox News had been “absolutely racist” in its handling of the Shirley Sherrod story, Allahpundit argues.

This year’s midterm elections are a little more complicated than “it’s the economy stupid,” Nate Silver writes. Ed Kilgore runs down the results of the Alabama runoff results.

Ezra Klein’s “Wonkbook” details several news stories about fiscal policy, including several clips about President Obama’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Jacob Lew. Dylan Matthews probes how much the EPA can counter climate change.