Center of Attention

(Note: Otherwise occupied, TMV Assistant Editor Michael van der Galien asked for a volunteer to post today’s “Center of Attention.” I raised my hand and only hope I do justice to the effort.)

At Purple News Network, Jason Gerson compares John Edwards’ message with Dr. King’s.

Meanwhile, at WaPo’s Early Warning, William Arkin asks, “Surge? What surge?”

Alan Stewart Carl of Maverick Views offers a nudge to the Dem’s, to move beyond simple fixes (like a minimum wage hike) and get about the business of more complex but critical issues, namely, healthcare reform.

Ever wonder what happened to former presidential contender Gary Hart? WesternDemocrat found him.

Maybe because I thought Dude, Where’s My Car? was high humor, you can understand why this photo trick at what if? made me chuckle this morning.

Dean’s World highlights a “you don’t see that everyday” story about a different brand of youth camp.

Secular Blasphemy extends fair warning to would-be-adulterers who are thinking about a move to Michigan.

The Influence Peddler wonders why the Saudis are picking on the letter “x,” but ignoring “t” and the plus (+) sign?

At Oxblog, Taylor Owen asks if there’s any substance to reports about a slice of French-British-history-that-apparently-almost-was, and forces all of us to think about the impact such a merger might have had on the shape and lexicon of contemporary global politics.

The Values Divide offers a chilling quotation, full of past-present echoes, from Ike.

And finally, Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire reports that today may be the day for Obama. (UPDATE: And indeed, it is.)