PostPartisan - Quick takes by The Post's opinion writers - November 14, 2010

How much will we do to ensure the terrorists don't win?

My daughter's middle school debate team began work two weeks ago on its new topic: Should the Transportation Security Administration use full-body scanners to search airline passengers? After some research and some soul-searching, she came out squarely on the...

By Kevin Huffman | November 19, 2010; 5:45 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (50)
Categories: Huffman | Tags: Kevin Huffman
Save & Share:

Prince William, Kate Middleton and 'obsolete' marriage

[UPDATED: 8:10 P.M.] It's hard not to notice the juxtaposition when the global excitement sparked by a royal wedding announcement is followed by headlines announcing "Four in 10 say marriage is obsolete." In other words, should those of us...

By Autumn Brewington | November 19, 2010; 12:01 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (8)
Categories: Brewington | Tags: Autumn Brewington
Save & Share:

Friday p-Op quiz: 'Junk' Edition

As the nation was riveted by the ethics drama of Charlie Rangel, enthralled by the gay drama of ending don't ask don't tell and gripped by airport screeners, I was working on this week's p-Op quiz. Despite his iconic...

By Jonathan Capehart | November 19, 2010; 11:19 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Capehart | Tags: Jonathan Capehart
Save & Share:

Charlie Rangel apologizes

[Update, 6 p.m.: The ethics committee recommends censure for Rangel.] Wednesday, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) was convicted of 11 ethics violations by a jury of his congressional peers. Thursday, the legendary Harlem lawmaker did something extraordinary. He apologized. Not...

By Jonathan Capehart | November 18, 2010; 5:38 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (15)
Categories: Capehart | Tags: Jonathan Capehart
Save & Share:

Kate Middleton, modern bride

I've been wallowing in exit polls and poring over debt-reduction plans, so perhaps you'll forgive a brief walk on the low-brow side. No, not Sarah Palin -- though her show-a-little-more-presidential-leg interview with Barbara Walters is an awfully tempting topic....

By Ruth Marcus | November 18, 2010; 3:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (24)
Categories: Marcus | Tags: Ruth Marcus
Save & Share:

TSA: Touch Sensitive Areas

The website Mediaite dubbed it "The Junk Grabbing Photo You'll Be Seeing All Day Today." My buddies on "Morning Joe" had a good ol' time giggling over it, too. IT is the Denver Post photo of a Transportation Security...

By Jonathan Capehart | November 18, 2010; 2:07 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (97)
Categories: Capehart | Tags: Jonathan Capehart
Save & Share:

Nancy Pelosi to hold the line on GOP and Obama

The Atlantic Wire compiles the range of opinions on Nancy Pelosi remaining the leader of House Democrats. Some folks aren't happy that Pelosi is staying put after being the face of Democratic defeat in the midterm elections. I'm in...

By Jonathan Capehart | November 18, 2010; 12:05 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (28)
Categories: Capehart | Tags: Jonathan Capehart
Save & Share:

Sarah Palin needs to 'man up' if she's going to run

After reading Robert Draper's profile of Sarah Palin that will run in the New York Times Magazine on Sunday -- the one in which she says "I am" thinking about running for president -- I remain convinced that she...

By Jonathan Capehart | November 17, 2010; 6:11 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (49)
Categories: Capehart | Tags: Jonathan Capehart
Save & Share:

Give it up, Joe Miller

It's pretty clear that with the all the votes now counted by Alaskan election officials, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) has prevailed (quite comfortably) in her write-in bid for re-election over Tea Party favorite Joe Miller. Yes, it was improbable....

By Jo-Ann Armao | November 17, 2010; 3:28 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (92)
Categories: Armao | Tags: Jo-Ann Armao
Save & Share:

TSA's 'junk' bond helps keep us all safe

As mantra's go, "don't touch my junk" is an excellent rallying cry for folks opposed to the invasive pat-downs that must be endured if they decline to go through the advanced and more revealing airport scanners. While I totally...

By Jonathan Capehart | November 17, 2010; 2:10 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (28)
Categories: Capehart | Tags: Jonathan Capehart
Save & Share:

Let senators see the don't ask don't tell report -- now

If you're following the drama -- and it IS drama, y'all -- over the repeal of don't ask don't tell, you know that a big report is due from the Pentagon on the matter on Dec. 1. But twice...

By Jonathan Capehart | November 16, 2010; 5:51 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (17)
Categories: Capehart | Tags: Jonathan Capehart
Save & Share:

Should Obama really decline to run for a second term?

In a widely-read Post op-ed, Douglas Schoen and Patrick Caddell make the truly unique argument that President Obama should not run for reelection in 2012. In the central thesis of their piece, they argue: If the president goes down...

By Kevin Huffman | November 16, 2010; 3:58 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (40)
Categories: Huffman | Tags: Kevin Huffman
Save & Share:

So many GOP earmark opponents

After Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his support for a GOP earmark ban, other Republican senators, including many earmark supporters, quickly joined the anti-earmark bandwagon. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison -- who lost her GOP gubernatorial primary running on...

By Marc Thiessen | November 16, 2010; 1:35 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (37)
Categories: Thiessen | Tags: Marc Thiessen
Save & Share:

Censure Charlie Rangel

Now that a jury of his congressional peers has found him guilty of 11 out of 13 counts of violating House ethics rule, Rep. Charlie Rangel's storied biography is branded with an asterisk. This is not how the 20-term...

By Jonathan Capehart | November 16, 2010; 1:30 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (48)
Categories: Capehart | Tags: Jonathan Capehart
Save & Share:

Why Russia defends a 'merchant of death'

International criminals with ties to the Russian government are accustomed to enjoying impunity. A couple even sit in the parliament despite being charged by foreign police with murder. So it's not surprising that the extradition from Thailand to the...

By Jackson Diehl | November 16, 2010; 1:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (14)
Categories: Diehl | Tags: Jackson Diehl
Save & Share:

Prince William's wedding is no time for austerity

Yes, Britain just passed an austerity budget with deep, painful cuts in spending and jobs. And, yes, politicians everywhere ought to be thinking about economic plans that are actually within their means. But, no, the economic downturn should not have...

By Autumn Brewington | November 16, 2010; 12:16 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Brewington | Tags: Autumn Brewington
Save & Share:

So why don't the Democrats ban earmarks, too?

If President Obama is looking for areas of bipartisan cooperation with Republicans on Capitol Hill, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell just handed him a golden opportunity. Yesterday, McConnell went to the floor and declared he would support a unilateral...

By Marc Thiessen | November 16, 2010; 12:07 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Thiessen | Tags: Marc Thiessen
Save & Share:

Network News

PostPartisan: November 14, 2010 - November 20, 2010