By Sam Dealey, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

In an editorial last week endorsing state senator R. Creigh Deeds in Virginia's upcoming Democratic gubernatorial primary, the Washington Post had this to say of opponent Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic National Committee head and Clinton advisor: "Mr. McAuliffe would be an unpredictable choice, a self-described 'huckster' who has vacuumed millions from donors as a Clinton confidante and former head of the Democratic National Committee."

The Post continued:

That's not meant as a dig: Mr. McAuliffe fills a room, and it's easy to imagine him jawboning businesses to move to Virginia or lawmakers to support his agenda. He has proved that he's a quick study who can rattle off facts and figures about the state. Yet, Mr. McAuliffe's promises have been as expansive as his personality, and he has offered no realistic way to foot the bill. It's also unclear whether voters will give Mr. McAuliffe a pass for showing no interest in state politics or governance until setting his sights on the governor's mansion.

Alas, in today's "Corrections," the Post rights a great wrong:

By Sam Dealey, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

Yesterday Congress passed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a darling of the Left and likely the first bill that President Obama will sign. As the Washington Post described it:

By Sam Dealey, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

The following E-mail, appropriately enough, showed up in my junk box today:

By Sam Dealey, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

As the war in Darfur approaches its sixth anniversary, there's a tendency to heap all the blame for the region's calamities on the Sudanese government. If something bad happens, this thinking goes, then the guilt must wholly and indubitably rest with the government—no further reflection needed. Most of the time that's probably true. But at times the Sudanese government also serves as a convenient scapegoat for the missteps of the international community. A case in point is a newly released whitewash report from the United Nations and its peacekeeping force (UNAMID) about an attack on a Darfur refugee camp last August.

By Sam Dealey, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

No kidding, this was the lead story in this morning's Washington Post : "United States Faces a Steep Decline in Women's Figure Skating." The. Lead. Story.

In a way, I suppose it's refreshing. Amid declining circulations and ad sales, most media pooh-bahs are trying more than ever to make their newspapers and magazines relevant. Evidently, there's no such hand-wringing over at the Post.

By Sam Dealey, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

As Team Obama sifts through the debris, one Bush policy worth immediate reversal was the decision to remove North Korea from the State Department's terror list. As the AP picks up today:

By Sam Dealey, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

DUBAI, U.A.E.—So how does the Arab world say goodbye to George Bush? An article in the Gulf News by Najla Al Rostamani promised the unexpected. "Dear Mr. Bush," the piece began: