Let me respond to Ezra Klein’s response to Justin Fox’s delightful bit about us mainstream sorts trying to be bloggers. Now, I like Ezra. He’s a smart guy. We have the same last name and all…But he’s wrong about this: But in this new medium — which their editors and marketing folks keep telling them [...]
McCain’s decision to “pre-announce” last night on Letterman gave me the political version of an acid flashback to this unforgettable moment. The move didn’t do much to help Bob Dole with the age issue, as I recall. But at least no one was waving hams this time.
This story has everything–aluminum tubes, flawed intel assessments, John Bolton…but, best of all, it introduces a term that will, no doubt, be associated with the Bush Administration in perpetuity, a terrific title for some future history of the Bush years: Mid-certainty. In this case, mid-certainty means that there are differing opinions in the intelligence community [...]
