BEST OF THE BLOGS Friday

• Are You Ready for the Health Care Debate? - BooMan, Booman Tribune
• NFIB: 'A Disaster' for Small Business - Mike Brownfield, The Foundry
• So Few Good Moves in Afghanistan - Swopa, Firedoglake
• Cynical Specter Runs Left on Afghanistan - Jonathan Tobin, Contentions
• Obama Must Dump the Treasury Bums - Dave Lindorff, Huffington Post
• The Ben Nelson Shuffle - James Antle, American Spectator
• House 2010: The Money Chase - Jonathan Singer, MyDD
• Surtaxes are the New Black - Veronique de Rugy, The Corner

Afternoon Archive

Morning Edition

• How Popular is Palin - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic
• Democrats Cash in on Palin - Christina Bellantoni, TPM
• Obama Breaks His Tax Promise Again - K.H., KeithHennessey.com
• No Appetite for Procedural Hurdles - Steve Benen, Political Animal
• McCain on Landrieu's $100 Million - Robert Costa, The Corner
• How Much Does Reid's Bill Really Cost? - Anthony Dalke, Race42012
• GOP Responsible, But Democrats Start to Catch Blame - Matthew Yglesias, Think Progress
• Just Fix It - Polimom, TMV
• Should Geithner Be Fired? - Johanna Neuman, Top of the Ticket
• Ethics Committee Admonishes Burris - Paul Kane, Capitol Briefing

Morning Archive

Best of The Blogs Thursday

Morning Edition
Five Flaws of the Reid Bill - Conn Carroll, The Foundry
Grading the Reid Bill on a Curve - Jonathan Cohn, The Treatment
Health Care, Opinion, and Congress - Matthew Yglesias, Think Progress
A GOP Alternative - Jeffrey Anderson, The Blog
CBO Puts $900B in Perspective - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
The Problem with Recovery.gov - Soren Dayton, The Next Right
Leahy's Lunacy - John Hinderaker, Powerline
Holder's Disarming of America - Thomas del Beccaro
Obama and Foreign Policy By Biography - Michael Crowley, The Plank
Obama Wasn't Expecting Immediate Gratification - Christina Bellantoni, TPM

Afternoon Edition
Moderate Dems Will Have It The Worst in 2010 - C. Bowers, Open Left
How Palin Can Win - AllahPundit, Hot Air
McCain Aides' Attacks on Palin Grow Tedious - Roger Stone, Big Gov't
More Tax Cheats in High Places - Jacob Sullum, Hit & Run
Specter Runs Left on the War - Tim Fernholz, TAPPED
Higher Taxes from Harry Reid - Rea Hederman, The Foundry
The Senate and the Public Option - Karen Tumulty, Swampland
Abortion in the Senate Health Care Bill - McJoan, Daily Kos

Best of The Blogs Wednesday

Morning Edition
Why Cap-And-Trade is Dead - James Pethokoukis, Political Risk
Momentum on a Jobs Bill - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Democrats Losing Independents - Jennifer Rubin, Contentions
Health Care Inches Forward - BooMan, Booman Tribune
Debt Tops $12T - Can a Tax Increase Be Far Behind? - Bruce McQuain, Q&O
Government Hearts Debt - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
Liberal Spending Has Bankrupt This Nation - AJ Strata, The Strata-Sphere
I Could of Had a Payroll Tax Cut - David Frum, Frum Forum
Is It Even Feasible to Send More Troops to Afghanistan? - Tim Fernholz, TAPPED
Seeking Death Penalty in NY Doesn't Offend Federalism - Josh Patashnik, The Plank

Afternoon Edition
Senate Bill Costs $849B, Reduces Deficit - Brian Beutler, TPM
Higher Medicare Tax on the Horizon - Curtis Dubay, The Foundry
Read the Bill Out Loud? Fine - Jonathan Cohn, The Treatment
Graham Grills Holder - AllahPundit, Hot Air
An Insane Protocol - Scott Johnson, Powerline
A Debtor's Strategy - Jillian Melchior, Contentions
Why Wasn't Obama More Assertive in China? - Noam Scheiber, The Stash
Newsweek's Sexist Cover - Justin Gardner, Donklephant

Best of The Blogs Tuesday

Morning Edition
Finally a President Not Governed By Fear - Andrew Sullivan, Daily Dish
Don't Try KSM in NYC - James Joyner, Outside the Beltway
KSM Trial Could Forever Change the Legal System - S. Love, Chicago Boyz
Time to Put Jobs First - Richard Trumka, Huffington Post
GOP Still Failing to Capitalize - Steve Benen, Political Animal
It's All About Jobs & Food - Steven D, Booman Tribune
Lou Dobbs: The Anti-Palin - Justin Miller, The Atlantic
Defending Sarah - Alex Knepper, Frum Forum
Trying KSM: Why? - Scott Johnson, Powerline
Progressives Push Reid on Public Option - Brian Beutler, TPM

Afternoon Edition
Newsweek: Our Palin Cover Wasn't Sexist - AllahPundit, Hot Air
Palin and the Attack on Carnivores - Seyward Darby, The Plank
AARP Should Reconsider House Bill Endorsement - Publius, Big Gov't
Public Option More Popular Than Reform - McJoan, Daily Kos
DeGette on Abortion in the Health Care Debate - Chris Good, The Atlantic
Is Blanche Lincoln Canny or Misinformed? - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
Did Geithner Give Away the Farm? - James Gattuso, The Foundry
Paterson Goes Rogue - Bill Pascoe, In the Right

Best of The Blogs Monday

Morning Edition
Palin Braves Another Week of Bashing - Donald Douglas, American Power
Palin Image is a Fraud - Booman, BooMan Tribune
CMS: House Bill Good on Coverage, Bad on Cost - E. Klein, WaPo
A Deathblow for ObamaCare - Conn Carroll, The Foundry
Republicans Heading for Bloodbath in Florida - David Frum, Frum Forum
Covering Up Torture is Obama Policy - Adam Serwer, TAPPED
Twitter for Thee, Not Me - James Richardson, RedState
Costs of Afghan Escalation Near Health Care's - David Sirota, Open Left
Keep an Eye on China's Military - Thomas Mahnken, Shadow Gov't
Proposed Extensions of Godwin's Law - Paul Krugman, Conscience of a Liberal

Best of The Blogs Sunday

Morning Edition
The Times Snarks Sarah Palin - John Hinderaker, Power Line
GOP Revival: There's An App for That - Patrick Ruffini, Next Right
House Parrots Lobbyist Talking Points - Matt Yglesias, Think Progress
ObamaCare Would Cut Medicare Services - Ed Morrissey Hot Air
Broder on Speed over Accuracy - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Department of Unintended Consequences - Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
Obama-Netanyahu Kaffeeklatsch - Laura Rozen, Politico
Where's the Gratitude, Sarah? - John Podhoretz, Contentions
Have the Trial in NYC? - Mike Potemra, The Corner
Yokels Are at it Again - Kathy Kattenburg, Moderate Voice