Messy and imperfect as it is, the real conversation is taking place today on the Internet, and we all know this. Whatever one thinks of Zsa Zsa Huffington, I'll take her outfit's imprimatur over Cokie's or George Will's or David Brooks's. They are monstrously overpaid dinosaurs, smug in their corporate cynosures, contributing nothing but rabid defense of the status quo, fiercely guarding their petty privileges as insiders. To the detriment of what needs to be done, today- not kicking the can on say, health care, a few years down the road, as Brooks did today so casually in his op-Ed. Tell that to the people who are sick and dying now because their HMO's won't cover the care they need- and that's the insured.

Obama's calling on HuffPo's reporter is subtle but powerful symbolism to the old guard. Watch them moan and complain even more. But at least it's a signal that at some level he gets it, where his allies are. They're pointedly not on the network Sunday morning circle-jerks. When these people should be in church, hmmph! Hypocrites.

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