I meant to get to this yesterday, but it's still worth noting the Politico story about how the GOP is trying to figure out how to run against Barack Obama without looking racist, or to run against Hillary Clinton without appearing

OK, so I'm not thrilled with Michelle Obama's recent pronouncements. Luckily, National Review is around to come up with something sillier.

Barack Obama, you see, might've been a baby Communist. I give you Lisa Schiffren:

A friend forwards a rather cynical story from AdAge about why "even hardcore racists will vote for Obama." The gist: Racists don't want to be thought of as racists. And Obama is appealing because he is "acceptably black."

A Kansas friend of mine writes about Obama's victory in Iowa:

I respect the opinions of my readers who have different politics, but I'd like them to consider that this is bigger than politics. This is not just (political) history; this is affirmation of our deepest values as a people--something I had come to fear we might have started down the darkening, descending way to losing.