Midday Blog Roundup

MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
The high cost of short buildingsMatthew Yglesias
‘Pensacola Jeff’ – Chad, BuzzFlash
Columbine questions we don’t ponder – David Sirota, Open Left
Why Republicans should back Franken – Matt Cooper, TPMDC
A goodbyeRoss Douthat
Next year at the White House – Rachel Abrams, Weekly Standard
Senators to Napolitano: Show us the dataMichelle Malkin
Prosecuting torture – Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
Tea partying for a causeEzra Klein
NY-20 – David Freddoso, The Corner
Torture journamalism – mcjoan, Daily Kos
Sarkozy mocks ‘Obamamania’ – Greg Hengler, Townhall
Drug control breeds gun control – Jacob Sullum, Hit & Run
Setting the cap-and-trade stage – Steve Foley, The Minority Report
Handwriting on the wall – Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Rice demands same money as BushThe Hill
Cuba will be absent but not forgotten at summitNew York Times
NIH releases stem cell funding guidelinesWashington Post
GM plan could reveal extent of gov’t roleDetroit Free Press