links for 2008-01-08

"There is no margin of error for Edwards, no backup plan: He has to find a way to stay at the center of the primary narrative, despite the almost reflexive tendency of the news media to frame the race as Front-runner and Challenger." Yup.

"The preternaturally jolly McAuliffe is a good man to have spinning for you in a pinch. But his good cheer dimmed when I asked him about Bill Richardson, who appears to have made an 11th-hour deal to throw his supporters to Obama."

Very cool, including a story about how O'Reilly Publishing's famous "animal covers" came into the world.