Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Stories for 8/31/10

A few relevant items today:

- A Washington Post story illustrating the difficulty party's have enforcing unity among their members: A freshman Republican goes against the leadership on Afghanistan.

- The National Beer Wholesalers Association works the Hill.

- Wall Street turns on Obama.

- Does Language Shape How You Think? Politicians have known that words matter for quite some time. An entire industry has emerged around determining which words lead people to think a particular way. Can an entire language do the same?

- Glenn Beck follows his rally with a launch of a new web site.

- The electoral landscape looks better and better for Republicans.