My post on Robert Byrd is quoted by Russ Smith in his New York Press column this week:
Brendan Nyhan, a committed Democrat who's fallen under the spell of fellow blogger Josh Marshall in the ultimately futile War to Save Social Security As We Know It, nevertheless wrote on March 3 what the Times couldn't bear to. Excoriating Byrd, Nyhan said, "We need to get Robert Byrd out of the Senate. Comparing the 'nuclear option' to Hitler's takeover of the German government is only the latest of many, many stupid and offensive things he's said over the years. And yes, he carries a copy of the Constitution around, knows lots of parliamentary procedure, and quotes Cicero. I don't care. Get him out of there."
(I'm not under anyone's "spell," but hey, all press is good press.)
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