Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin and Tea Parties: Politics Dailies - July 6

Hope everyone enjoyed their Independence Day celebrations. My family and I enjoyed the fireworks from the roof of our Brooklyn apartment and I came THIS close to getting a three-day weekend if it were not for a certain pesky Alaskan governor, who needed to make a dramatic and confounding announcement.

It's good to be back, though, and here, as always, are your Politics Dailies:

If you can't wait until tonight to see what Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have to say about Sarah Palin's announcement, check out the work by Dennis DiClaudio and Mary Phillips-Sandy over on Comedy Central's Indecision Blog.

Or alternately, Ann Coulter has some pretty funny things to say on the subject.

Are lobbyists really the problem with our democracy?

As unfunny as racial slurs always are, I bet they're even less funny if they destroy your career. FYI, there is no right to privacy expected between a rising politician and her Facebook friends.

At least China has faith in the U.S. dollar!

Did you miss a July 4th Tea Party, or are you currently drafting a letter to AOL to tell us all what horrible commie scum we are for not covering them (we did)? Well Chris Regal has some great links to some citizens-eye reports of the events.

R.I.P. Robert McNamara.