From New York, an article on how Rudy has seen the enemy and he is us. Funny Man: A look at how Rudy Giuliani hides his rage behind ridicule. From Slate, Christopher Hitchens on Mitt Romney's windy, worthless speech; and more on Romney's incomplete speech on religion in America. From TNR, phenomenal pandering: E.J. Dionne, Jr. on the two sides of Romney's religion speech; Mitt Romney wants to have his religious freedom and impose a religious test, too; Jonathan Chait on Mike Huckabee's ideological snake oil; and Eve Fairbanks on Duncan Hunter's boring lunacy. What ever happened to moderate Republicans? With the hard right dominating their party, the neo-Eisenhower-Fordniks have formed two groups to recenter the Republicans. This is John Campbell speaking: Can a pork-busting Randian lead the GOP? Workers are paying the price for our productivity-focused, growth-at-any-cost business world, but why aren't the candidates talking about it? As voters in Iowa and New Hampshire prepare to head to the polls, new research shows just how much power these early voters hold. From Time, Mark Halperin and Amy Sullivan on how American voters decide. Facebook-Off: In 2008, it doesn't matter who you'd want to have a beer with — the question today is which candidate do you want to be your Facebook friend?; and in choosing a president next year, it's probably best to leave personal admiration out of it.
