I just saw that too. Hollywood Reporter says he had cancer:

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NBC-WSJ GOP pollster Neil Newhouse did a post-election survey last night, and here's what he found: Just 12% of those surveyed believed Palin should be the GOP's new leader; instead 29% of voters said Romney, followed by 20% who say Huckabee. Among GOPers, it was Romney 33%, Huckabee 20% and Palin 18%.

So the people who say Republicans should gather behind Palin as the new leader of the party are in the minority....

The Starbursts Fade

WTF were the "starbursts" anyway?

From KOS:

On January, 20, 1993, Maya Angelou spoke these words at the Bill Clinton inauguration and they ring truer this morning than ever before:

Here on the pulse of this new day
You may have the grace to look up and out
And into your sister's eyes, into
Your brother's face, your country
And say simply
Very simply
With hope
Good morning.

I remember hearing that on the radio! For me, that symbolizes the hope immediately after Clinton's election far more than that song "Don't stop (thinking about tomorrow)" did....

Huff Post slide show of newspaper front pages.

I love the ones that don't have any text (other than the newspaper's name, date, etc.) and are just a full picture of Obama.

Although the New York Times' front page struck me because of the simplicity of the name "Obama" by itself on one line, while NOT being enlarged to fill the width, as so many USA Today-esque papers do. The white space around his name just made it stand out much more than if it had been 80 gazillion-point type.

Although the New York Times' front page struck me because of the simplicity of the name "Obama" by itself on one line, while NOT being enlarged to fill the width, as so many USA Today-esque papers do. The white space around his name just made it stand out much more than if it had been 80 gazillion-point type.

The NYT was sold out almost everywhere this morning. Only one of my co-workers was able to snag one (from a newsstand that only he knows about because apparently it doesn't look like the sort of place that would sell newspapers from the outside).

My Mom is sending me her copy of the Miami Herald and a friend in NY is sending me the Times, since it was sold out everywhere around here.

Guess all the McCain/Palin supporters around here had to rely on that liberal elitist paper in order to actually believe it.

Oof, now that the election is over, I have to go back to focusing on my own life. I am pretty sure I am going to have to cut my cable, to save money. I also anticipate a very cold winter, as I will try not to run up my heating bill too much.

I'm even contemplating going back to dial-up. Ugh!

The NYT was sold out almost everywhere this morning. Only one of my co-workers was able to snag one (from a newsstand that only he knows about because apparently it doesn't look like the sort of place that would sell newspapers from the outside).

Crap -- a friend just emailed me to get her one.

I'm even contemplating going back to dial-up.

Oh noez!!

Crap -- a friend just emailed me to get her one.

Try the stationary store on 2nd & 48th.