Wednesday's Top Political Blogs

Jane Hamsher finds a topic that should be of interest to Democrats: Democratic consultants who get paid to lose. She notices that these losers also travel abroad and perform poorly in foreign lands as well. Democratic voters might want to see which consultants their candidate works with and ask what is their record?

Issues

Arianna Huffington tries to turn our attention to an important topic for this election: presidential power. Since 9/11, the Bush administration has made a power grab. What are the candidates saying about the imperial presidency on the campaign trail?

Paul Mirengoff raises the idea of habeas corpus and sovereignty. Guantanamo has been included in the category of our sovereignty because of our sole control of the territory. The legal issue remains interesting, but is it a distraction from the real issue? Waterboarding is considered torture by several definitions, including the Geneva Conventions.

Juan Cole puts together a top-10 list on Iraq. This one is important because it addresses the top 10 myths about Iraq. Cole's expertise on the issue remains real, and his list is a must-read.

Matthew Yglesias has the geographical representation of the death penalty state by state. Texas takes a big lead -- everything is big in Texas -- and accounts for 60% of all executions in 2007.

Andrew Sullivan offers the best of the Daily Dish: his blogging on torture and how the Nazis viewed waterboarding. This is a must-read if you want to know something about the topic.

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