Lunchtime Links

Here’s why Palin probably won’t run in 2012.

Americans are split on an Afghan troop increase.

Kerry might be having his best press cycle ever.

And he compares Karzai’s ballot troubles to his own.

Now playing: the health care debate, starring Heather Graham as the public option.

A liberal group tries a new strategy to pressure Reid on the public option: positive reinforcement.

On the back burner, the battle over net neutrality heats up.

This is what qualifies as bird food in the plastic age.