John Avlon Trashes Minnesota to Paint Bachmann and Pawlenty as Wingnuts


Not content to let Eric Alterman have all the fun of belittling Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Daily Beast writer John Avlon has joined the Bachmann bashing bandwagon, too. The Beast’s resident “extremism” hand-wringer is taking a more roundabout approach, suggesting that Bachmann is symptomatic of a broader radicalization of Minnesota, for which she and Gov. Tim Pawlenty “are going to have to answer for.”

Arizona is a Test of States’ Rights


The maligned immigration law in Arizona could be much more important to every other state than we might realize.
Not only has President Barack Obama and many in his administration verbally attacked the legislation (in most cases, without reading it), but they are endorsing, by a lack of response, the overwhelming attack from the Left on [...]