Yesterday I was talking about why it really sucks that being right doesn't matter, but who you are in the Village hierachy does. Similarly, I'll confess to being mildly annoyed that Hoss is finally on board the Shrill Supertrain of "Oh my god we're fucked!" to which an important corollary is "and centrist policies aren't going to help anything." Let me be clear: Atrios is and always has been in the camp of the Good Guys, even if there may be valid reason to include him in the universe of Bad Blogger Boyz, for (not) blogging in certain ways or on certain issues. Regardless, my philosophy has always been "it's your blog, write what you want." Even as I recognize that the PB1.0 has come to mirror the Village SCLM, and that 'leading voices' like his set the tone for much of what is written and discussed. Blogging is still different from paid, professional journalism; I don't believe bloggers have any special responsibility to cover anything other than what they're motivated to write about on any given day. But it's slightly maddening to know that Atrios, and others, have upon occasion taking to calling some of us Doomsayers "too doomy" for pointing out that this was going to happen, and that Dems have proven useless about stopping it.

But getting back to the topic, yes, I agree. I don't see it getting better anytime soon. That's exactly and precisely why blogs like this one have moved in the direction it has over the last few months. Agree or disagree she got a raw deal: making HRC the centerpiece of front page news and policymaker's daily discourse won't address any of the real problems facing us. Just as discussing Sarah Palin's sex life won't, or what kind of dog the Obama kids should get won't, or why KO is the greatest media personality evah won't, or why Joe Lieberman is History's Greatest Monster won't...