Talkingpointsmemo.com won The Week's Blogger of the Year Award; it is rather unreadable and ultimately who cares about the minutiae of opinions that this Marshall fellow has. Alas he must be one of those beloved insiders like Krugman and Friedman, ex-Ivy Leaguers who went to New York or DC after college and did the right thing. And most importantly took themselves very very seriously like the nerdy little boys they probably were.

Reality Check: you are writers. This is not the era of Tom Paine! Words are impotent and are not mightier than the sword.