Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Kerry Picket joins us in the first half to update us on hot stories from the Washington Times. She’s been following the story of the NEA’s campaigning for Obama, and the question of whether they broke any laws in doing so. We’ll also ask Kerry about the Obama speech last night to get her reactions.

In the second half, JD Johannes joins us to talk about Afghanistan. How are things going? Poorly, and the elections had some serious, serious problems. JD tells it like it is — so don’t miss a minute of it!

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