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"I know that most of the media attention has been devoted to whether or not she told a joke on Bill and how she was received by Iowa voters, But I'm with Broder: her failure to ask General Petraeus a single question was a big mistake--especially given her level of knowledge about military matters and, especially, counterinsurgency. There were some terrific, pointed questions for her to ask, and I'm disappointed she didn't. That she chose to deliver a non-earth-shattering statement, rather than ask questions, had the feel of a strategy that had been game-planned by Hillaryland. In a way, I'm far more interested in the sort of questions she'll ask as president--especially after Incurious George--than in canned statements about the war."

Talking Point Memo's Greg Sargent strongly disagrees:

"At the hearing that Broder wrote about, lots and lots and lots of very important stuff was discussed. Different substantive points of view were offered about the single most important policy decision facing us right now. Clinton -- like many other Senators -- had lots of things to say about this very important decision.

"Yet Broder -- who inhabits some of the most powerful opinion-making real estate on the planet right now -- devoted an entire column about this hearing to nothing but a minor question of theatrics. Even assuming that this criticism of Clinton's performance is valid, this failing on her part is dwarfed in importance, to put it mildly, by some of the other rather pressing and complex issues that were discussed.

"What's more, Klein -- who likes to think of himself as a Man of Substance -- surely noticed that Broder didn't devote a single word of his column to analyzing what was actually being said about these issues by Hillary and others at the hearing."

Slate has launched an Obama Messiah Watch for fawning press coverage.

Here's the kicker to Alessandra Stanley's review of Sean Hannity and his new Fox program, "Hannity's America":

"The Bunny Ranch visit was the last straw. While Mr. Hannity, who attended Roman Catholic parochial school, interviews scantily clad prostitutes, ostensibly urging them to quit and go to law school, the camera slowly moves from prostitute to prostitute, lasciviously lingering over the one with the largest, most exposed breasts.

" 'Is it all about the money?' he asks one young woman. 'Yes,' she replies patiently. 'Any job is about the money.' "