At NBC, The Decider

For Capus, two weeks in the limelight was more than enough. "I'm happy to go back to worrying about coverage costs," he says.

The Next Imus?

Stephanie Miller, the wisecracking Los Angeles radio host who is unabashedly liberal -- despite being the daughter of former congressman William Miller, Barry Goldwater's 1964 running mate -- gets this week's MSNBC tryout in the Imus morning slot.

George Tenet's new book on the rush to war draws fire from James Fallows:

"Gee, thanks for telling us now, Mr. Tenet. Now -- not when it was happening, and the news might still have changed national policy and spared us a 'war of choice.' Now -- not before the 2004 election, which as the president has told us was the 'accountability moment' for his policy toward Iraq. (How differently the world would view the United States if, at its first chance after the Iraq invasion, the public had rejected rather than ratified the policies that led to war.) Now -- when it's not clear what difference it can make at all. People open to evidence about the war, including the majority of the public, now generally consider it to have been a mistake, which doesn't make the decision about what to do next any easier. People not open to evidence still control the Executive Branch. One more book won't change their minds.

"If you felt so strongly, why did you wait to say anything until you knew it couldn't do any good?"

Romney has a new strategy:

"Mitt Romney's political opponents miss few chances to tag him as a 'flip-flopper,' aggressively highlighting his shifts on abortion, immigration, and gun control, among others," the Boston Globe says. "One mystery critic even dresses up as Flipper the dolphin and shadows Romney at Republican events.

"It has largely worked: Romney has struggled to shake that label, and bloggers, pundits, and the media have seized on discrepancies between his past and current positions as he pursues the Republican presidential nomination.

"But Romney is not the only leading GOP candidate whose policy views have evolved or changed altogether in the early heat of the 2008 presidential campaign. His main opponents in the Republican primary, Senator John McCain of Arizona and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, have also shifted their stances or their tone on major issues -- indeed, on some of the ones Romney has -- as they've worked to win primary voters. And Romney is starting to make sure people take note of his rivals' fluctuations."

This LAT piece makes the Duke rape case even more incomprehensible, now that we know how mentally impaired the accuser was.

The debate over the debate continues. Slate's John Dickerson says it was real peaceful:

"None of the top candidates wanted to take the first swing, said their advisers afterward in the spin room where they gathered to face the press swarm. (That tentativeness lead to very mild spin; they mostly asked us what we thought.) Obama can't attack because that would go against his core message that he wants to change politics. (Plus, he doesn't need to attack; the momentum is with him.) Hillary can't get feisty because her negatives are already high enough. So. the two front-runners were solicitous of each other. 'As Hillary was saying,' said Obama. 'I think that what Barack said is right,' said Hillary. Fortunately, there was no air kissing . . .