memeorandum: The Celebration of a Progressive Holiday (Mike Lux/The Huffington Post)

10:00 PM ET, July 4, 2009

Top Items:

Palin hammers media, hints at national ambitions — One day after announcing that she's resigning, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blasted the media for their coverage of her surprise move and asserted that she's held to a higher standard by reporters. — Palin, who has not had a public schedule …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Associated Press, Raw Story, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, The Page and The Political Carnival

CBS News:

Palin A “Shooting Star Crashing To Earth”? — GOP Strategist Ed Rollins Says Her Resignation Hurts Any 2012 White House Run She Might Be Mulling — (CBS) If Sarah Palin thinks quitting the Alaskan statehouse is going to help a 2012 presidential campaign which some pundits speculate she's mulling …

Discussion: NewsMax.com, Crooks and Liars and Top of the Ticket

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

It Always Has Been About Trig — I waited a whole day before posting about the Sarah Palin resignation. Well, not a whole day, but longer than almost everyone else in the blogosphere. Here's my take as of this moment in time, subject to change: — I don't know why Sarah Palin resigned …

Discussion: Conservative Political Report, Riehl World View, Lawyers, Guns and Money, theblogprof, No Sheeples Here!, Piece of Work In Progress, The Mahablog, Polimom, Too, KN@PPSTER, Confederate Yankee, The New Ledger and The Reaction

Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:

More on Palin — I spoke to a few friends in Alaskan Republican politics yesterday. None of them had a clue that Palin was going to resign her office, and none has any idea what her motivation might be in doing so. It was widely assumed in Alaska that Palin wouldn't run for a second term.

Discussion: Associated Press

The Huffington Post:

A Post Apology — I wrote a piece making fun of the fact that a Trig Palin joke was given as the reason that Sarah Palin left office. I wrote jokes that were offensive but my intent was for them to be ironic and therefore not offensive. I was wrong. Within ten minutes of my post …

Discussion: skippy the bush kangaroo and The Huffington Post

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

If White House Is Her Goal, Palin's Route Is Risky — Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska offered few hints of what her next stage in national politics might be when she unexpectedly announced on Friday that she was quitting her job, 18 months before her term is up.

Discussion: The Page and Raw Story

Fox News:
Options Abound for Palin After Alaska Governorship

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Midwest Voices, NY Daily News and The Moderate Voice

Phoebe Connelly / American Prospect:
SARAH PALIN INSISTS YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE INTERNET ON HOLIDAY.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Matthew Yglesias and Talking Points Memo

The Campaign Spot:
The Weak Spot In Every Political Figure

Discussion: The Anchoress, Cold Fury and Sister Toldjah

Matthew Cooper / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Three Theories of Palin's Resignation

Discussion: MyDD, Blogs and Stories and ProfessorBainbridge.com

Los Angeles Times:
Sarah Palin's exit as Alaska governor stuns, puzzles observers

Discussion: The Swamp and Megan McArdle

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:

READERS ARE SENDING PHOTOS FROM TEA PARTY PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. Here's one from Perrysburgh, Ohio, sent by reader Chris Zarecki, who reports about 3,000 people attending. — Here's one from Bel Air, Maryland, sent by reader Maya Leonetti. The Debt Star makes another appearance!

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Syracuse Post-Standard, Christian Science Monitor, theblogprof, Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Founding Bloggers and Riehl World View

Jared M. Rhoads / The Lucidicus Project: July 4th Tea Party

Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:

Advocacy Groups Should Halt Attacks on Moderate Democrats, Obama Says — Advocates Should Turn Attention to Promoting Legislation, President Says — President Obama, strategizing yesterday with congressional leaders about health-care reform, complained that liberal advocacy groups ought …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Huffington Post, Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!, DownWithTyranny!, Corrente, Hullabaloo, D-Day, The New Republic, C.O.T.O., The Impolitic, The Rhetorican, TPMDC and Campaign Silo

Jane Hamsher / Campaign Silo:
Will MoveOn Cave To Obama's Pressure?

Discussion: AMERICAblog News

Heather / Crooks and Liars:

Matalin Thinks Palin is Brilliant—Rollins and Gergen Think She's Toast — You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player! — DOWNLOADS: (374) — PLAYS: (4036) — What a surprise. Neocon and former Cheney advisor Mary Matalin thinks …

Discussion: Hot Air and WhiteHouse.gov Blog

Richard Thaler / New York Times:

Mortgages Made Simpler — THIS column is in praise of warning labels. So let's begin with one: I am not your usual sort of economist. — I practice what has come to be called behavioral economics. We behavioralists differ from our more traditional brethren in the way we characterize agents in the economy.

Discussion: Calculated Risk

Randy Barnett / The Volokh Conspiracy:

July 5th Oration by Frederick Douglass: Tomorrow I am hoping to attend a recreation of Frederick Douglass's Independence Day oration at his home in Anacostia, DC. … Today, historian Jonathan Bean has a nice essay on National Review Online entitled, The Party of Lincoln, and of Douglass …

Discussion: Sentencing Law and Policy, Opinio Juris and Jules Crittenden

Mike Lux / The Huffington Post:

The Celebration of a Progressive Holiday — On this holiday celebrating the courage of America's brave revolutionary founders, all Americans can celebrate. But progressives should take special pride in this holiday, for it was the ultimate achievement of progressive values that brought us this day.

Discussion: The Other McCain and Right Wing News

Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:

‘Family Friendly’ White House Is Less So for Aides — WASHINGTON — When President Obama talks up the family-friendly vibe at the White House — the nightly family dinners, the flexibility to attend school presentations and join impromptu plunges in the pool with his girls — his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, sets him straight.

Discussion: Writes Like She Talks and Weekly Standard

Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times:

Tensions mount as Honduras defies OAS — Supporters of the new government, lead by Roberto Micheletti, rallied at the presidential palace as the Honduran army maintained control. Ousted President Manuel Zelaya is set to return to the country over the weekend; Micheletti has threatened to arrest him.

Discussion: Not Tucker Carlson and A Gut Reaction

WhiteHouse.gov Blog:

WEEKLY ADDRESS: President Obama Celebrates Independence Day and the American Spirit — WASHINGTON - In his weekly address, President Barack Obama celebrated the unyielding American spirit that has defined our past and will lead us into the future. Even as we face daunting challenges …

Discussion: Cato @ Liberty, Obama Foodorama and Daily Kos