DAY’S END ROUNDUP

Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) touting a nonexistent award in a radio ad has both conservatives and liberal bloggers attacking the Alaska Republican. Barack Obama appears to be buddies with French President Nicholas Sarkozy and bloggers debate just how much Batman and President Bush have in common.

Young incorrectly claimed that he had received an award from Tax Payers for Common Sense, a group that has repeatedly panned him, TPM reports. The Next Right’s Soren Dayton points out that Young did receive an award from Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform, but Norquist won’t give him another, saying the 18-term congressman is like a “rat head in a Coke bottle.”

The GOP’s favorite European seemingly endorsed Obama today, AMERICAblog’s John Aravosis writes. The Plank’s Jason Zengerle reminds readers that when Sarkozy visited the U.S. last year, Obama was one of the few American politicians he met, so there may have been a good relationship between the two before Obama become the presumptive Democratic nominee.

And a Wall Street Journal op-ed comparing Bush to Batman has the blogosphere divided on how much W shares with the Dark Night. Matthew Yglesias calls the comparison a valid interpretation of the new film, though says the Joker doesn’t quite substitute for Osama bin Laden. Firedoglake’s David Neiwert mocks the comparison, writing that “Batman is, you know, competent.”

FROM THE BLOGS:
McCain Double Standard on Military Visits – The Huffington Post
Obama Meets Sarkozy – First Read
The Surge & Obama – The Corner
Only Making Him Stronger – Josh Orton, MyDD
Why Obama Snubbed the Troops – Hot Air
Obama’s Media Affair – Scarecrow, Firedoglake
Batman and Bush – Ben Domenech, RedState
Don Young Is Like a ‘Rat Head in a Coke Bottle’ – TPM
Young’s Campaign Nearly Bankrupt? – Erik Erikson, RedState
Obama and the Media – Michelle Malkin

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Obama Says Pressure on Iran Is Building – New York Times
Don Young Radio Ad Cites Wrong Group – The Hill
McCain Rejects ‘Audacity of Hopelessness’ for Iraq – AP