Abbreviated Pundit Round-Up

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Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) took his talking points on Barack Obama straight from yesterday’s column by Charles Krauthammer. Seriously, Rep. Cantor, if you don’t have an original thought to share, than at least have the courtesy to cite your source.

Deborah Howell thinks that the Washington Post’s political coverage could be better. So does everyone else.

James K. Robinson rebuts a previous op-ed that had Leonard Boyle, the director of the federal Terrorist Screening Center, defending the terrorist watch list.

Dan Ariely thinks that we should stop obsessing over the price of gas and think about how much more we’re paying for other necessities.

While we concentrate our anger on gas prices, we are ignoring increases in electricity, food and health insurance — expenses that might actually have a greater effect on our budgets.

Joel Stein provides a guide on how to make jokes about Obama. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), they’re all pretty lame.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) gets straight to the point:

There is no quick fix to $4.50-a-gallon gas, no way to provide instant relief to consumers we know are hurting. Yet President Bush and others continue to push the false promise of offshore oil drilling.