Unclear on the Concept
By The battle never ends.
Here’s a test. Can you distinguish between these two events?
1. A prominent Congressman shuts down the government because the President makes him use the back door of Air Force One.
2. A prominent Congressman decries the President’s handling of the war in part because that President has failed to communicate even with the hawkish elements in the opposing party.
If you think that these are qualitatively different, congratulations. You’re smarter than Mickey Kaus. I would advise sending an e-mail to Jacob Weisberg and asking for prominent blog space on the homepage of Slate.com. God knows, we can only be the better for it.