- Dodd, Hunter, Biden. We don’t know who they are but apparently they ran for President once and now they are writing op-eds to let us know what they’d be talking about if they were still running. But like, the whole reason they’re no longer running is cuz we didn’t like what they had to say the first time around so we ask them to please kindly go away and leave the NY Times op-ed page for the rest of us desperately trying to get published in the Gray Lady’s hallowed pages. Kthxbai.

- New Yorker runs a long profile on Michelle Obama.

- An excellent Stanley Fish column explains why McCain has an overwhelming advantage in a match-up against Obama.

- Michael Tomasky ponders the superdelegate effect in the NY Review.

- Wine track vs. beer track voters, latte liberals vs. Dunkin’ Donuts Democrats, or just plain white vs. blue collar. Call them what you want, but these new liberal voting blocs make it clear that the Democratic Party is headed for a realignment. National Journal brings us the latest trend piece on the difference between the working-class Clinton supporter and Obama’s upscale masses.

-Tuesday is D-day for Clinton.

- The Dow is down 300 points, Goldman is projecting a two-year decline, and the kids are eating cat food, but a recession it most certainly is not!

-Idyllic suburban communities are the crime-ridden slums of the near-future as families abandon sprawl. But seriously though, it is NOT a recession.

- Prince Harry, not entirely unlike Pokemon…

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