Wow

Last night, when i read ex-Politico CEO Jim Vandehei’s oped in the Wall Street Journal I was stunned, even though I know from long experience what a thoroughly corrupt and ridiculous world establishment Washington is. It is essentially a story of how someone at the heart of establishment Washington got in touch with “real America” at a vacation home in Maine and decided that what real America is clamoring for is a third party funded by Mike Bloomberg dedicated to more aggressive use of Twitter, more cynical and politicized use of drone strikes, having Silicon Valley tech hucksters retool the government and ‘cleaning up the mess in Washington’ even though he doesn’t seem to have any clear idea of what the mess is other than too many people focused on public policy. It’s probably most generously viewed as a bid to raise money in Silicon Valley for the new media venture he’s launching.