Harold Meyerson: The real “welfare queens” are red states!

I’m all for maintaining the presumption of innocence until someone is found guilty in court. But Ben Stein’s defense of Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the most sexist and elitist garbage I have seen in a long time. Shame on The American Prospect for hosting it. [The American Spectator, sorry] See also TPMMuckraker.

Senate Republicans refuse to cut subsidies to Big Oil. Another campaign issues to hang around your necks next year, dudes.