Hey, Soros never came through on that deck for me, so I'm switching to Bloomberg. Read more…

That word is: Disintermediation.

Why on earth would I read "David Broder" when I can read a hundred bloggers with better style, better analysis, and better information, and all of it more timely?

Your brand is shopworn. You're old and in the way. Don't go away mad. But please-- Read more…

Here's "Dean" Broder on the other purveyors of the slightly stale conventional wisdom:

In its September 2004 issue, Washington Monthly magazine invited 16 smart political observers [snicker]-- a [n inside the Beltway cocktail-weiner-scarfing] mix of Republicans, Democrats and independents -- to write short essays predicting what would happen if George Bush won a second term.

Grover Norquist, the conservative activist, said Bush and the Republicans would send the Democrats into permanent political exile. Paul Begala, a Democratic political consultant, said Bush would exact vengeance on his political enemies. Several people predicted that he would usher in a new era of good feelings, tackling global warming and avoiding divisive social issues. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Guess who was right? Read more…