Let’s talk politics:

Doc’s been covering Iowa today.
Diary of a Dean Intern

I’m still a little in shock I guess but from here it doesn’t look all that bad. Our biggest pain in the ass, Dick Gephardt is dropping out. The left is going to have to consolidate around Dean or else a centrist like Edwards or Kerry or a Republican like Clark is going to drive this party over a cliff. Back when I first got into Dean, I didn’t think he’d be able to pull 3rd in Iowa. It looks like what happened between Gephardt and Dean in Iowa is going to happen to Kerry and Clark in NH. Dean’s in position to become the comeback kid. Kerry’ll gloat about his Mo’ and won’t be able to afford any other states. Howard’s at his best when he’s in the underdog slot. We’re at our best when we feel the media fucked us over. They’ve already done the studies, the results are in: the media has been fucking us over.
What Happened to Dean?
New York Times Whitewash
CMPA: Study: Dean Trails in Race for Positive Press
related, Rafe talking about the Reliability of the media; sidenote: anyone who’s actually worked with CS grad students knows how ridiculously stupid c|net’s suggestion that students did software porting for Big Mac is
An Absence of Legitimacy Fareed Zakaria on the US legitimacy problem