BIDEN SAYS WHITE HOUSE"MISREAD" THE ECONOMY

ABC NEWS: Vice President Biden said Sunday that the administration was too optimistic in predicting the severity of the economic downturn. Biden admitted, "The truth is, there was a misreading of just how bad an economy we inherited...", but claimed that the Stimulus Plan, passed approximately four months ago was right on schedule. He also maintained that the plan was generally waste-free and "well managed" and that there was no consideration at this point for a second Stimulus Plan. . . .READ MORE

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WHITE HOUSE MAY BYPASS SENATEON NUCLEAR AGREEMENT

ABC NEWS: According to a senior White House Official, the President may decide to bypass the Senate if a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia is not ready for ratification by December 5. The U.S. and Russia have been negotiating terms for a treaty to replace the START Treaty, ratified 18 years ago. Reportedly, an important obstacle is a Russian objection to a US missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. President Obama says his goal is to create a treaty that "reduces tensions and the expense of maintaining such high nuclear stockpiles when they're not necessary for our defense and our deterrence". . . .READ MORE

300 WORDS OR LESS:SHE IS STILL "SARAH BARRACUDA"

Approximately, ten metric tons of ink will be spilled and countless electrons sent whizzing through Al Gore's Internet over Sarah Palin's resignation Friday evening. Most of it will be sheer piffle -- pundits gazing steadfastly into their Magic 8-Balls trying to divine the Palinator's motives (and ignoring her speech wherein they could be found) and hacks looking to pad their bank accounts with a few more television appearances or newspaper columns excoriating her for some perceived sin, and all the rest.

You can safely ignore most of what you see, thankfully. All that can be known is already out there.

Palin resigned for exactly the reasons she gave in her resignation speech. Unless you believe her an inveterate liar (and there's no evidence whatsoever to believe so), she pulled the plug because the incessant, baseless, and unhinged attacks from the left were costing her too much time and money and were taking too great a toll on her family. She couldn't actually spend the time as Governor she felt the state deserved thanks to said attacks, so she passed the job to someone she knows could.

As for where he political ambitions will take her next, well, that's the million dollar question, isn't it? The truth is, only Sarah Palin knows that for sure and she's not telling anyone. Here's the one thing you can say: when she decided to get back into the political game, it'll be in a way and from a direction that defies the conventional wisdom. That's how she got where she is today and there's no reason to think she'll start playing by the rules of the establishment she ran for office to oppose.