It was a good week at the Watcher's Council, with some fine entries on both sides of the competition. Here are the final results.

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 1/3 points! – Joshuapundit - Pat Robertson, The Devil And Me
• Second place with 2 points – Mere Rhetoric - Government Labor Protections And Welfare Policies Keeping French Youths Jobless, Alienated
• Third place with 1 2/3 points – Soccer Dad - Rachel’s tomb and the protection of jewish holy sites


• Fourth place with 1 1/3 points – The Glittering Eye - The Triumph
• Fifth place with 1 points – Wolf Howling - Wailing & Lamentations


• Sixth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Right Truth - Here Come the Orphans
• Sixth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Bookworm Room - A perfect statement about the balance of power between government, citizens and business


• Sixth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Rhymes With Right - Getting It Right On Palin
• Seventh place with 1/3 points – (T*) – American Digest - Bring. It. On.


• Seventh place with 1/3 points – (T*) – The Provocateur - Some Thoughts on Dr. Chacko’s Dismissal

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – American Spectator - The Scott Heard Round the World


• Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Sippican Cottage - Quincy Market (Election Day)
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Seraphic Secrets - Haiti: No One But the Israelis Has Come to Help


• Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Common Sense Political Thought - My health care anecdata
• Second place with 1 points – A New Conservative Lesbian - Obama’s ‘Enabling Act’ trial balloon


• Second place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Volokh Conspiracy - The Supreme Court’s Cult of Celebrity
• Second place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Coast Guard Compass - Guardians Report In: HS1 Larry Berman


• Second place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Muqata - Israel’s emergency response
• Second place with 2/3 points – (T*) – YouTube - Martin Luther King “I have a dream”


• Second place with 1/3 points – Danger Room - Visualizing the Underwear Bomber’s Online Life

(T*) – Indicates a Tie.

(D*) – The Razor received a 2/3 point penalty in his council submission for failing to vote in this week’s contest.

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