That might be flashy, but there’s far worse:

[jrittenhouse]

From Dick Meyer at NPR on Blago and Made-off:

As audacious as Blagojevich’s political gluttony is, it is easy to find far worse political corruption, much of it perfectly legal: Distorting intelligence to invade Iraq, torturing prisoners, failure to regulate Wall Street, and systematic pork-barrel boondoggling come quickly to mind. If you’re

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[cakmpls]

The reigning ethos seems to be every man for himself.

Holy crap, she's only just noticing? With a few pull-backs, that's been the reigning ethos at least since Reagan asked, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" [emphasis mine].

[jrittenhouse]

Uh-huh. She's either just noticing, or she's coming out from under the kool-aid, or she's gotten intellectually honest enough that she can talk about the Emperor's lacking in attire.

[jrittenhouse]

Or it could be that she saw this all along and is just now able to look at those Obama approval ratings, and going *wow* and figuring she won't lose readership. Your pick.