A fine selection of blog posts were nominated for consideration by the Watcher's Council this week. After voting, the results were as follows.

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 2/3 points! – Wolf Howling - Public Sector Unions: A Toxin, A Crisis & An Opportunity
• Second place with 2 points – Soccer Dad - The sophistication of antisemitism


• Third place with 1 2/3 points – American Digest - Frequently Answered Questions
• Fourth place with 1 1/3 points – Joshuapundit - Hey, It’s Purim!


• Fifth place with 1 points – Bookworm Room - The common bonds between Iranian Mullahs and the Democrats
• Sixth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Right Truth - Maj. Nidal Hasan moves to county jail.


• Sixth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Razor - The 2010 Healthcare Games
• Sixth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Colossus of Rhodey - Lessons from Vietnam? Or just about any Third World country?


• Seventh place with 1/3 points – Rhymes With Right - Dodd Introduces Amendment To Strip Americans Of Right To Donate To/Spend On Behalf Of Political Candidates

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 3 2/3 points! – Chicago Boyz - Why Alternative Power Is and Will Remain Useless


• Second place with 1 2/3 points – Victor Davis Hanson - Obama Fatigue
• Third place with 1 points – (T*) – Seraphic Secret - Welcome to College Where You Can Major in Jew-Hatred


• Third place with 1 points – (T*) – Slate - Searching for SaddamA five-part series on how the U.S. military used social networking to capture the Iraqi dictator.
• Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Against Monopoly - Dancing on the Head of the Fair Use Pin


• Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Solomonia - Guess Who’s Dining at CJP’s Trough? [Hillel]
• Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Doug Ross @ Journal - Illegal Immigration by the Numbers


• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – The Economist - Spirit level
• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Hot Air’s Greenroom - “Outting Myself” or “We Now Interrupt This Broadcast”


• Fifth place with 1/3 points – (T*) – Althouse - Al Gore would like you to lie back and accept what the government decides is good for you.