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BILL STUNTZ on Palin, Obama, and the experience issue. "Perhaps the jobs she has held are too small to count in a national presidential campaign. But that isn't obvious, not yet anyway. What matters more, to me and I bet to more than a few others, is what she's done in those jobs. The fact that her approval rating among Alaskans is in Mark Warner territory suggests that she might be the kind of governor Warner was in Virginia. If so, that should count for a lot--even if she hasn't had much time in office. Because time-serving won't count for much in the offices these four candidates are seeking."
ADVICE: Time to leave New Orleans. Maybe too early for mandatory evacuation, but not too early to get out on your own if you can. I think I would. "It is still far more likely, percentage-wise, that a calamity wonât strike New Orleans than that one will. But alas, thatâs no reason not to evacuate, whether today or tomorrow. Forecasting technology is such that a calamitous direct hit is always going to be 'unlikely' at the time when prudent evacuation decisions must be made in major cities. But the decisions still must be made."
JOHN TIERNEY ON SPACE PROPERTY RIGHTS: For Sale: Moon and Mars. "I realize that lunar real estate is not a hot-button issue in Washington, but there is one great political merit to the authorsâ proposed law: it would contribute nothing to the budget deficit, even if, as the authors also suggest, Congress also offered a monetary prize for future settlements."