Alec MacGillis, New Republic
I'm a fan of NBC's First Read blog, and consider its morning briefings pretty much the best, well, first read that you could ask for. But they had an item a couple weeks ago that was unintentionally hilarious:The notion that an inside-Beltway account of the debt-ceiling debate would have "legs in the swing states" is a delightful window into the solipsism of the Washington bubble: we care about Bob Woodward, so those people in Dayton and Denver and Danville must, too. It's right up there with David Gergen's declaration after Obama's convention...
I'm a fan of NBC's First Read blog, and consider its morning briefings pretty much the best, well, first read that you could ask for. But they had an item a couple weeks ago that was unintentionally hilarious:The notion that an inside-Beltway account of the debt-ceiling debate would have "legs in the swing states" is a delightful window into the solipsism of the Washington bubble: we care about Bob Woodward, so those people in Dayton and Denver and Danville must, too. It's right up there with David Gergen's declaration after Obama's convention...
Read Entire Story: RealClearPolitics - Homepage
