Today on the Dish, Andrew live-blogged the Cain press conference, and we corralled reader reax here and blogger reax here. We assessed new and creepy developments, Karen Kraushaar came forward, and there’s a lot that Cain doesn’t know. The latest WSJ poll represents the broader collapse of popular support for 1980s Republicanism, and the conservative movement has has close to nothing to say about what's happened since. Erick Erickson unleashed "a meaty, anguished" crusade against Mitt Romney as some in the GOP establishment cautiously embraced him, Erickson's notion of conservatism is based entirely on taxes, and Obama's campaign prepared to exploit the GOP's extreme unpopularity. In our video feature, Andrew explained why he's not interested in having children, and a reader pondered the "self-obliteration" of parenthood in response. 

Andrew confronted the "literal insanity" of war with Iran, Sarkozy and Obama gossiped about Netanyahu, the hard left held out against the Libya intervention, and we addressed free speech in the case of Charle Hebdo.

We wondered if OWS is deteriorating, ex-con Jack Abramoff suggested shutting the revolving door, and our oil predicament is not about scarcity and abundance. Obamacare won big, the WSJ assumed that seniors would happily shed Medicare for the private sector, and cannabis-related health costs are virtually negligible. We reflected on American quirks, Jon Huntsman genuinely loves Beefheart, and chimps can communicate. Peacefulness is not a product of evolution, sperm age matters, and losing weight requires metaphorical surfing. Homesickness plagued the Civil War, Magic Johnson marked the 20th anniversary of his HIV announcement, and Glee broached gay sex. We continued the debate on fantasy and spirituality, and sampled the world's most horrible fonts.  

Dish check update here, correction of the day here, tweet of the day here, Doctor Who crack here, FOTD here, MHB here, VFYW here, and VFYW contest winner #75 here. 

— M.A.