Well, well well. I guess they really can admit it when they’re wrong. Kudos to Jay for being a grown up who keeps his word. Who knows, may be he’ll even seek to emulate those infamous blogger ethics and standards at his place.

Twelve days ago, after David Iglesias went public, I said that if there turned out to be a broad conspiracy behind the firing of the U.S. Attorneys, “I will take my hat off to Marshall and others in the blogosphere and congratulate them for having been right in their suspicions about this story from the beginning.”
My hat is off. Josh Marshall at TalkingPointsMemo and everyone else out there whose instincts told them there was something deeply wrong and even sinister about the firings, and who dug around and kept writing about them while Iglesias decided whether to talk to the press or go quietly on to his next job, deserve tremendous credit.
When this story first surfaced, I thought the Bush White House and Justice Department were guilty of poorly executed acts of crass political patronage. I called some Democrats on the Hill; they were “concerned”, but this was not a priority. The blogosphere was the engine on this story, pulling the Hill and the MSM along. As the document dump proves, what happened was much worse than I’d first thought. I was wrong. Very nice work, and thanks for holding my feet to the fire.

“Reward good behavior” and all that, but still- how anyone could’ve thought that this wasn’t the tip of the iceberg is beyond me. Truly, the willingness of our Beltway media to believe that Bush and his gang are “normal” and “would never do that!” is pathetic. Wake up and read some more blogs, Jay. There is still time for you to do honor to your profession; Bush scandals are Legion.