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Gina Cobb Confidence in Congress at All-Time Low

It sounds like the best move the 14% confidence-rating Congress could make would be to get out of the way of the 69% confidence-rating military and let them finish the job in Iraq.

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Baqubah Day 2: No One’s Dropping Leaflets

Michael Yon continues his reporting from the front on the new massive operation to trap and kill al-Qaeda in Diyala. Despite the heat and the good fighting form of the enemy, which Yon estimates as better than most in Iraq, the US has systematically trapped them in the area — and aren’t offering any surrender deals:

La Shawn Barber’s Corner Airwave Envy II

Why does conservative talk dominate the airwaves? I (and many other conservatives and a few honest liberals) believe that conservative talk dominates the airwaves because of de-regulation of the airwaves in the 1980s and because there’s a bigger market for conservative talk. But the think tanks believe these explanations are inadequate. Not wrong, mind you, but inadequate.