Inside Baseball And What A Horserace

Jay Rosen per usual is writing the REAL DIRT on how political reporters continue to think and play politics-as-usual in this election. He calls it just right. No one is going to believe what's about to happen in Iowa and New Hampshire and it's not just because I'm partisan and like Dean.

No one is going to believe it -- because no one can see it -- even as it is happening. Even once it HAPPENS no one is going to see it or believe it.

I loved this especially:

"Meanwhile, the weblog world is starting to stir a bit with the idea of monitoring individual campaign reporters. (But for what?) Steve Gilliard: "I think it would be a really, really good idea to track reporters, word for word, broadcast for broadcast, and print the results online. Not just for any one campaign or cause, but to track people's reporting the way we track other services."

Thanks Ed Cone for pointing to this.