1. Tea Partiers love Sarah Palin without reservation, even if (or, maybe because?) she lacks policy specifics.
2. President Obama is serious about another big health care push.
3. Harold Ford Jr. fears no columnist.
4. Speculation among Gotham City elites about David Paterson's future is at a fever pitch.
5. Sarah Palin's mockin' and tauntin' extends to Joseph "Joe" Biden.