Ok, so every other diary I post is pimping for Josh Marshall's site. And I guess this one is a twofer since every other main thread I post in has me defending The New Republic as worthwhile reading, even if it does host some wrong arguments.
But I just wanted to alert those in the community that Jonathan Chait of TNR is guest blogging at TPM, and the results are quite interesting, especially to us.
On the one hand, Chait is really trenchantly making the case for the hardest of hard lines on social security, and for sticking it to Lieberman over the bankruptcy vote.
On the other hand, Chait still can't quite admit he was wrong about the war, and about Dean's hard line being appropriate (i.e. now Chait's inspiration). Ok, well, maybe he admits he's wrong, a little, and just doesn't want to dwell on it ... how hard should we be on him?
Anyway, fascinating stuff, especially in tandem with Josh's valedictory squib on the MSM which really crystallizes a line that's been evolving in eloquence ever since it was introduced by the historically pivotal Media Whores Online.