J O S H U A P U N D I T

The Council has spoken! A complete rundown of the voting tallies is here, along with the Watcher's always provocative commentary.

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – Bookworm Room - Liberals are correct: I have a serious problem with Obama’s color
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Rhymes With Right - A Reflection On The First Anniversary Of Hurricane Ike
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – The Razor - Why Obama Ignores the War in Afghanistan
• Third place with 1 1/3 points – Mere Rhetoric - Arab World Pretty Psyched About Swedish “Organ Theft” Blood Libel, Palestinians Launch Formal Investigation
• Fourth place with 1 points – Joshuapundit - A Tale Of Two Hurricanes
• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Soccer Dad - When your enemy’s a light bulb
• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – The Provocateur - The Unholy Alliance of General Electric and Dr. Anna Chacko

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! – Big Government - Chaos for Glory: My Time With ACORN
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – Sultan Knish - The Future of the War on Terror, is the War on Islam
• Third place with 1 1/3 points – Victor Davis Hanson - The Lamentations of the Elite – Has Obama made things better or worse for America’s race relations?
• Fourth place with 1 points – Michael Yon - Pedros
• Fifth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Terror Wonk Plus - Assessing Counter-Terror Since 9/11
• Fifth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Powers That Be - Jimmy Carter is Black
• Fifth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – PowerLine - Political discourse is flat, or would be if autocrats would only impose Thomas Friedman’s way
• Sixth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Real Clear Politics - The Best Health Care Plan You’ve Never Heard Of
• Sixth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Qantara.de - False Friends
  

As always, congratulations not only to the winners but to the participants.