Channel-surfing this evening ((After watching a recording of Aston Villa losing to Manchester United in the F.A.Cup – got to keep my priorities straight! Lovely goal by Wayne Rooney, back from his sick-bed.)) I came across Dan Rather and three middle-aged white journalists discussing the women’s vote in the New Hampshire primary, as well as the possibility of a “Bradley effect” ((The tendency of white voters to overstate their intention to support black candidates.)) in the recent opinion polls. I’m not looking for tokenism, but a little “domain expertise” would be nice…
Meanwhile James Fallows explains why Kristol is full of shit, as well as being a talentless hack. But we already knew that.