"Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who has little experience in governing, was elected president of Pakistan on Saturday by a wide margin. Supporters of the Pakistan Peoples Party celebrated the victory of Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, in Islamabad on Saturday. Mr. Zardari, 53, who spent 11 years in jail on corruption charges that remain unproved, succeeds Pervez Musharraf, who resigned last month under the threat of impeachment. He is expected to be sworn in on Monday or Tuesday, Pakistani officials said. Mr. Zardari has the tacit approval of the United States, which views him as an ally in the campaign against terrorism." (NYTimes)
"Next stop: the manse of Jon and Dorothea Bon Jovi, or 'The House That Young Guns II Built. You don't have to be 72 to have experience,' said the host as he introduced Obama. 'It’s the end of an era and the beginning of a new one. This 21st century man has an aura of hope wrapped around him.' Obama told the $30,800-per-person attendees -– the money goes to a joint Obama campaign-DNC fund -- that he hoped they were 'up for a fight.' 'I hope you guys are game,' he said, 'because I haven't been putting up with 19 months of airplanes and hotel food and missing my babies and my wife –- I didn't put up for that stuff just to come in second. I don't believe in coming in second. The American people can't afford for us to come in second. We’ve got to win this thing and we’re going to win it with your help.'" (ABCNews)
"John McCain is not actually running for president. He’s running for Senate majority leader. All his passion is directed at defects in the legislative process. He’s been a military man or a senator for virtually all of his adult life, and listening to him talk, you get the definite impression that the two great threats of the 21st century are Islamic extremism and the appropriations committee." (GailCollins)
"I said the GOP strategy is to conflate activists, blogs and old media. Now watch the Weekly Standard do exactly that" (JayRosen)
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