U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's McCarthy-like questions about a top State Department aide's "ties" to the Muslim Brotherhood have been largely dismissed by those in her party and the Brotherhood itself, but she's got some defenders, including Newt Gingrich and Slate columnist Dave Weigel.
New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman's call Wednesday for a third party candidate to run for president yielded an unusually high-volume round of mustache-bashing from bloggers, but this is all part of a cycle that's beginning to feel pretty rote.
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