Editorial boards have unleashed hell on Mitt Romney for his embassy statements. More hell than was required, if you ask me. But I’d guess the Cleveland Plain-Dealer tsk-tsk matters more to him than the usual New York Times belly-aching. Romney’s got the conservative base behind him – they have rarely trusted the media less – but at some point doesn’t he need to convince the rest of the country?
Josh Rogin identifies the Egyptian embassy staffer who sent out the original CYA statement; John Tabin wants him fired.
Joe Sixpack (really!) maps the craft beer/Democratic support linkage.
The now-impossibly labrythine Brett Kimberlin saga gets more legal and more pathetic.
And Esquire comes to praise Romneycare.
