Mark Krikorian, writing for The Corner was mocking Obama for pronouncing Sonia Sotomayor’s name as if she were Latina or something. How does he make through the day with English’s mish mash of a language?

If Gov. Sarah Palin decides to run for reelection, she may have an eager Democratic challenger in Ethan Berkowitz. Berkowitz served five terms in the state House — including seven years as the minority leader — before running for lieutenant governor in 2006 on a ticket with former Gov. Tony Knowles. The duo were beat by team Palin but only by a 7.3% margin. Berkowitz ran an even closer battle last year, losing out on a U.S. House seat to Don Young by a mere 16, 379 votes.

Last month, the Obama administration agreed to release a “substantial number” of photographs from U.S. facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq. It was to be the first time any images were released since the infamous leak of Abu Gharib photos during the Bush years. But that offer was quickly retracted. Robert Gibbs said that “nothing is added” by the release of “sensationalistic” pictures.In seeming contradiction, President Obama released a statement the next day emphasising that the photos “are not particularly sensational, especially when compared to the painful images we remember from Abu Ghraib”.