Nate Silver beautifully disposes of Greg Mankiw's takedown manqué of Sotomayor in a single headline: "Grandmother of World's 23rd Best Economist Posthumously Offended by Sonia Sotomayor's Spending Habits; Will Obama Withdraw Nomination?"
And besides, how easily Mankiw forgets -- if we save, the terrorists will win.
(Via Jonathan Zasloff.)