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Eschaton — David Broder.

Moments In High Broderism
Lawyers, Guns and Money — Alas, Krugman's response to Broder noting Franken's well-above-the-Senate-mean knowledge of public policy probably won't cut any ice, given that there's nothing worse to Broder than actually caring about public policy. Remember his attacks on the borrr-ing Al Gore and his actual interest in public policy? I have to confess, my attention wandered as he went on through page after page of other swell ideas, and somewhere between hate crimes legislation and a crime victim's constitutional amendment, I almost nodded off.The fact that ...

Broder being Broder
Political Animal — ... Broder takes note of the newest member of the Senate. [Al] Franken, the loud-mouthed former comedian, will be the 60th member of the Senate Democratic caucus -- just enough for them to cut off any filibuster threat if they can muster all their members. There's been a lot of conservative and establishment criticism of Sen.-Elect Franken this week, so I guess it's to be expected that Broder would use derisive language and dismiss him as a "loud-mouthed former comedian." That said, Paul Krugman's response is well worth reading. First, implicit in this characterization of Franken ...

Krugman Says Al Franken's Big Secret Is: He's A Policy Wonk
Crooks and Liars — I just loved this little tidbit from Paul Krugman this morning: David Broder has a column this morning calling for bipartisanship. I know, you’re shocked. But what struck me was this bit about Al Franken: Franken, the loud-mouthed former comedian, will be the 60th member of the Senate Democratic caucus … Two points. First, implicit in this characterization of Franken is the notion of the Senate as a decorous gentlemen’s club. I doubt that club ever existed in reality; but in any case, these ...

links for 2009-07-06
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Mick LaSalle: 'Moon' aims high, misses badly Paul Krugman: Al Franken’s secret Nouriel Roubini: U.S. Job Report Suggests that ...

Al Franken Sworn In as United States Senator
Firedoglake — ... As a resident of said state, I can't say much, other than to say: It feels good. Not much more to say that hasn't already been said. Other than to agree with Paul Krugman on how Senator Franken, the policy wonk's policy wonk, will be raising the tone over in the upper chamber. ...

David Broder IS Sarah Palin!
Open Left - Front Page — ... At first, it might seem odd to think of David Broder in the same terms as Sarah Palin, but their virtual identity reached out and slapped me in the face earlier in the week when I read a diary (alas, I know not where!) that quoted the following entry from Paul Krugman, and then added some crucial additional tid-bits, which I will just have to reconstruct from memory.  First, here's Krugman: ...