E. J. Dionne has an interesting piece on how the dynamics of the Senate may doom health care reform: I’m told that Grassley, under immense pressure from Republican colleagues not to deal at all, has informed Baucus that he cannot sign on to a bill if it is supported by only one other Republican, the …
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Great wingnut comments
I try not to nutpick, and I’m not claiming that this comment is typical of anything but this really cracked me up (from the comments on Michael Calderone’s blog, scroll down to 6:19 pm): Now why would anybody be dumb enough to believe anything being said on Reliable Sources? Howard Kurtz and ‘friends’ are always …
Open Thread
I feel compelled to blog, but I have nothing to say, which, when I think about it, really sums up the history of this website. I will point out this bit of agreement with BTD over at Talk Left. Right now, I am just done with the Sunday talk shows. Right now, they serve no …
Milbank to Pitney: You’re a dick
From Ana Marie Cox’s twitter: Sources say that at the end of the Dana/Nico segment, Dana says, “You’re such a dick.” Wishful thinking? Can anyone confirm? (link) @HowardKurtz Nico stands by the quote. Obviously, you both were there. (link)
Speaking Of The Washington Post Getting Things Wrong
Some editor should apologize for this one. This Time, Stakes Are Higher for Americans They’ve met in the World Cup, Gold Cup, Copa America and just 10 days ago in the first round of the Confederations Cup. The settings have ranged from the creaky Yale Bowl to a pretty seaside town in Uruguay, from the …
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Pitney versus Milbank
Via Atrios, here’s Pitney smacking down Milbank: Milbank tries to ask Pitney a question about Bush calling on a Fox reporter, but asks it in an inaccurate way. So, let’s pose Milbank’s question as he should have asked it: If there was a Fox reporter who was in contact with a number of Iraqis (possibly …
No Criticizing The Royalty
Musing a little more on Dan Froomkin’s new independence, DougJ’s post below makes a compelling case that Dan Froomkin did not have an ideological problem so much as he kept stepping on the beat of the Post‘s media critic Howard Kurtz. In fact one should feel at least a little sympathy for Kurtz’s position. When …