Beg to differ, Noah. Tomasky's sludge wasn't "standard-issue hackery," at least not in the traditional way. It's more blatant. He's not alone: the pressure for writers to produce blogposts in 10 minutes is enormous. I like Paul, though not for his isolationism, which is unrealistic, especially economically. But yes, ending the drug war would rally young voters to his candidacy.

Sounds like standard issue hackery. There's no reason to think that the GOP will hurt themselves by nominating any of the candidates out there at the moment; the election mostly depends on how the economy is in a couple of years and on whether Obama's popularity rebounds (or stays more or less where it is.); I think Paul could win the election easy as anyone if he gets the nomination, but it seems quite possible that his isolationism (which I'm all for) means he can't get the Republican nomination.//I kind of hope he does win that nomination, though. I'd at least like someone in the contest making the case for less intervention and (please god) dismantling the drug war.

Why are YOU wary of Paul? He's moving far more mainstream than his father, and his Libertarian views will certainly include at least decriminalization of pot, with a wink-wink to states to do it. No Dem will follow suit. It's up in the air. I don't like Paul's isolationism.

It's hard to get excited or even surprised or moved by the list of potentials at this point. I mean, half of them are the clowns who ran last time and failed miserably. I can't believe Huckabee, Bachmann, Perry, and Santorum are actually going for it again. So you've got all this noise from the barn animal idiots, and I agree that Jeb Bush will never happen and Christie shot himself in the foot (too bad - he's my favorite of the bunch). Rand Paul…I'm wary of him. I like his isolationist tendencies though. But we're going to have a democratic president, whether it's Hillary or someone else. The country's values have changed. Rand Paul endorses weed? Different story…you'll see lots of newly registered independents on election day then.

Hilarious. Really good stuff. Hard to believe now that Morales didn't accept the qualifying offer. He could be sitting pretty with $14 mil on a decent team right now, but no, he's stuck at Boras' workout camp sweating the start the season. Like an anonymous Red Sox player said (I think it was probably Gomes, sounds like him), "why should we feel bad for these guys? They turned down life changing money. They put themselves in this situation." Right on point.

Right on the money. The O's awake from their slumber and suddenly become a threat to win the A.L. East. Glad Angels aren't in that division.

I happen to like them both.

No, not out of my mind. May not be popular to feel this way as stated in my opening sentence, but it's there just the same!!

This is the exact reason I didn't buy a house until I was in real estate. If I couldn't get my engineers to my house to fix crap I'd be in your exact position.

Are you out of your mind?

Forget Jackson and Vitters. Their time has come and gone, I don't expect anything of them now. Olt and Vizcaino, on the other hand, are very promising. Yes, it's definitely a make or break year for Olt, less so for Vizcaino. Olt could be great, a really strong Kevin Youkilis type. If he lives up to his potential, the Cubs got a steal in that trade, especially considering they also received C.J. Edwards. I wonder if they'll make Vizcaino a starter or reliever. Many scouts have called him destined for the bullpen, but who knows? If he avoids injury, he could be very valuable. 2014 will be the year the Cubs need to prove their prospects are viable major league starters.

I can't decide which is funnier: the original, over-sized image accompanying this article, or the new one, with Putin's horse friend.