It's the word choice commonly used in relation to this story.

I completely disagree with her big picture thoughts about the case.

FWIW, I think the verdict was correct but that does not mean justice was served imo.

The likeliest Republican candidate appears to be Rep. Steve Daines, first elected last year. Daines was making noise about running even before Schweitzer made his decision, and some prominent Republicans, including a key figure in the National Republican Senatorial Committee (Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio), are raising money for him. One never knows about Republican primaries these days, but Daines could potentially have a relatively clear shot at the nomination if he wanted it. One of the current candidates for the seat, state Rep. Champ Edmunds (R), has already said he would defer to Daines if he entered the race (Edmunds would run for Daines' House seat instead).

The potential Democratic field could very well produce a female nominee: possibilities include state Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau (who is thought to be the first Native American woman ever elected to a statewide position), state Auditor Monica Lindeen and Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List, a national group that supports pro-abortion rights women in races for office. Schriock, in particular, would seem to aid Republican attempts to nationalize the race. A number of other Democrats are possibilities; the party seems to have a decent bench here, so let's not just automatically award the race to the Republicans yet. Particularly if Daines runs, comparisons to last year's Republican failure in North Dakota are impossible to avoid. Daines, like the 2012 North Dakota Republican nominee Rick Berg, is a freshman representative who lost to a strong female Democrat (now-Sen. Heidi Heitkamp). Could Juneau, Lindeen, Schriock or someone else be the next Heitkamp? It's certainly possible, although it's also plausible that one or more of these Democrats might conclude a run for an open House seat is preferable to running against the current at-large representative, Daines, for the Senate seat.

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Or this:

"Democrats and Republicans agree on Schweitzer: There was a treasure trove of opposition research. It's highly unlikely that his candidacy would have been successful," said a Democratic source who asked for anonymity in order to speak more candidly. "Now we have a list of prospects, and while there's no question that they begin as underdogs in a red state, Democrats are better off with a candidate that can win rather than a candidate that would self-combust before the 2014 elections."

But Schweitzer had statewide name recognition that no other Democrat may be able to match, said Nathan Gonzales, political editor of the non-partisan Rothenberg Political Report.

"Republicans have a narrow path to the Senate majority in 2014, but it got a little wider when Schweitzer decided not to run," Gonzales said. "We still don't know who the candidates will be, but Schweitzer was a proven vote-getter with nearly universal name identification. No Democrat will start from the same place he would have. Democrats can win in Republican-leaning states, but it takes someone with proven independence from the national party. We'll see if Democrats can find that candidate."

But Montana along with West Virginia and South Dakota -- two other red states where an incumbent Democrat has retired and where the Democrats have not identified a strong candidate to replace them - gives Republicans a running start. Republicans could then win three more seats from among red states like Louisiana and Arkansas, where vulnerable Democratic incumbents are on the ballot, or they could take aim at two purple states, Iowa and Michigan, where Democrats have retired. More opportunities could also come into play if the national environment becomes more favorable to Republicans (such as because of a further slide in Mr. Obama's approval ratings). Meanwhile, while Kentucky and Georgia are possibly vulnerable, Republicans have few seats of their own to defend; unlike in 2012, they can focus almost entirely on playing offense.

House Speaker John Boehner called Graham's suggestion "dead wrong," adding, "Why would we want to punish U.S. athletes who have been training for three years to compete in the Olympics over a traitor who can't find a place to call home?"

Fox likes to use their American Idol winners for the Anthem but Candice Glover should have been given a time limit to finish.

Neil Diamond doing Sweet Caroline in Boston is great. In New York it came off as a little cheesy.

The only part of the game that bothered me was the interview with Jason Grilli. He's got a great story but they chose the half inning when Jose Fernandez was pitching and he was the only rookie in the All Star Game last night and an even better story.

The recognition of Mariano Rivera was awesome, especially by the players all up on the steps clapping and no one taking the field until he was on the mound.

Marc Anthony did a great job with God Bless America (although I'm not sure why we still sing that at baseball games).

Faux John Madden @FauxJohnMadden

Matthew Stafford's record against teams with a winning record: 1-23. Yep better lock that guy up!

Honestly, to me he's not worth the money because he doesn't have the team around him to justify that kind of cash.  But then again, if Stafford left, well that would pretty much be the nail.

More power to him, he's definitely a likeable guy and if he's puts as$es in the stands, everyone wins.  Well except for the actual Lions.

My favorite relatives live in Michigan and they used to visit on Thanksgiving.  Back when the Pack and the Lions were on more equal ground.  When the division punks were the Bucs.

Because the cost of individual coverage has soared, only 17,000 New Yorkers currently buy insurance on their own. About 2.6 million are uninsured in New York State.

For years, New York has represented much that can go wrong with insurance markets. The state required insurers to cover everyone regardless of pre-existing conditions, but did not require everyone to purchase insurance -- a feature of the new health care law -- and did not offer generous subsidies so people could afford coverage.

With no ability to persuade the young and the healthy to buy policies, the state's premiums have long been among the highest in the nation. "If there was any state that the A.C.A. could bring rates down, it was New York," said Timothy Jost, a law professor at Washington and Lee University who closely follows the federal law.
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It Is the Subsidies, Not the Individual Mandate, That Prevents an Insurance Death Spiral

This happened because the New York's tiny individual insurance market suffered from a quasi-death spiral since the state required guaranteed issue and community ratings but didn't offer subsidies to help people buy insurance. Only the sick bought coverage and premiums grew. Once the market grows beyond this small group of sick people the average will obviously drop.