Yesterday, Josh argued here that “One of the Democrats’ greatest problems — far more insidious than many realize — is their desire to gain the approval and approbation of establishment Washington and its A-list pundits.”
Interestingly, a reporter friend of mine came across some evidence of this proposition that very night. As he told me:
I was talking yesterday with a very influential Democratic congressman who firmly defended the current Democratic position of not having a specific Social Security ‘plan’ on the table. Yet at the same time he was a little defensive about it. Why? “Because I keep hearing from you guys” — i.e., Washington reporters — “that we’re going to be in trouble for not having a plan,” he said. “And it makes me nervous.”
