Here’s how GOP attacks on Pelosi might backfire

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 If Republicans think they can derail the push for a truth commission on torture by raising questions about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s role in the controversy, they had better think again.

 Matt Yglesias EXPLAINS.

 UPDATE: And then there’s THIS POLL showing that Americans are more likely than not to suspect that the CIA misled Pelosi about torture.

Liberal domination of the blogosphere analagous to conservative domination of talk radio

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Nate Silver EXAMINES the question of why liberal blogs are more likely than conservative blogs to be cited in the mainstream media while the opposite is the case with regard to talk radio.

Here’s Obama’s speech at Notre Dame

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This is in three parts:

 UPDATE: E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post SAYS THIS about Sunday’s doings in South Bend:

By facing their arguments head-on and by demonstrating his attentiveness to Catholic concerns, Obama strengthened moderate and liberal forces inside the church itself. He also struck a forceful blow against those who would keep the nation mired in culture-war politics without end. Obama’s opponents on the Catholic right placed a large bet on his Notre Dame visit. And they lost.

UPDATE II: Here’s video of Obama receiving an honorary degree at Notre Dame: