Paul over at Power Line lays out the problems with expanding SCHIP to include children of higher-income families than proposed by President Bush and the Republicans. This is a precise, easily-understandable article that depends not on rhetoric, but on crunching some numbers. I’d suggest everyone read it to get some data-oriented perspective on the dangers of expanding SCHIP and how it really is not feasible for the government or the families it claims to help.

Paul’s last word:

Why are the Democrats pushing so hard for a middle class entitlement program that will promote inefficiency and waste, wreck the private market, and become fiscally unsustainable by 2013 if not before? It looks like an effort to lure middle-class families into government-run health care.

Sort of like HillaryCare.

UPDATE: Grover Norquist has more on SCHIP expansion on NRO.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is calling on Sen. Ted Stevens to respond to accusations of bribery.  Stevens has gone silent since the FBI raided his home in July.  Palin has already spoken out more than most elected officials about corruption in politics, especially that involving members of her own Party.

This is potentially extremely damaging to Stevens, against whom the Club for Growth is contemplating a primary challenge.  Could the former Senate Pro-Tempore be ousted in a primary?  If so, who might be able to pull off such a staggering upset of an entrenched incumbent from a state that relies heavily on federal dollars?  According to The Hill, the answer is Gov. Sarah Palin.  Palin has shown  no interest in challenging Stevens, but her 89% favorable rating must have the sitting Senator more than a little nervous that a Palin-supported primary challenge could put his career in serious jeopardy.