Blog Summaries

President Barack Obama will travel to India in November and Colin Powell is not going to be the next director of national intelligence, Marc Ambinder writes in his "night beat" feature. Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) said he is getting out of politics for good after losing his state's gubernatorial primary, but Ta-Nehisi Coates isn't so sure.

Jonathan Chait comments about Tea Party activists who want to change the way senators are elected. Chait takes down Atlantic blogger Andrew Sullivan over the flotilla incident between Israelis and pro-Palestinian activists and offers his thoughts on the matter.

Survivors of the flotilla raid by Israeli troops are telling a different story than the Israelis are, Phoenix Woman writes. David Dayen says it is time for the government to take over BP, the oil company responsible for the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Democratic-turned-Republican Rep. Parker Griffith (Ala.) was denied a chance to run for reelection Tuesday night by a Tea Party-backed primary challenger, Daniel Foster writes. Pete Hegseth blogs about the killing of al-Qaeda's number three operative.

Some conservative leaders want to boycott Comedy Central because of a show about Jesus Christ they think is offensive. Allahpundit says that self-censorship has opened the door to such actions. President Barack Obama is meeting with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) who signed the controversial immigration law the president has criticized.

The impending hurricane season could make the aftermath of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico even worse, Jay Newton-Small writes. Joe Klein says there are no angels in the flotilla incident involving Israeli commandos and pro-Palestinian activists who were armed.

Melinda Henneberger asks if the BP oil spill is "our environmental 9/11." Bonnie Erbe says that the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy against openly gay service members hits women and minorities the hardest in terms of discharges from the armed forces.

The EPA has ordered BP to cut back on the chemicals used to disperse Gulf the oil spill, according to a Drudge banner headline. Meanwhile, an above-the-banner link points to Sen. Judd Gregg's (R-N.H.) comments that the financial regulation bill is a "disaster."

Huffington Post's banner argues that the lack of an exit strategy undermines the case for more war funds. A center column story points out the growing number of Americans who have exhausted jobless benefits.

Allahpundit wonders if "Sex and the City 2" could really contain a message about Islamic misogny. He also points out some eyebrow-raising poll numbers from the California Republican Senate primary.