Not all of Politico has become froth-at-the-mouth troll city. It’s mostly Ben Smith’s blog, and I have wondered about that. Didn’t he cover the Democrats for Politico during the 2008 election season? Possibly he’s never been forgiven for that. I think the trolls consider him another form of David Weigel; at least, they are much more vicious toward him and everything he reports on. Was he a Journolister? That also brings out the trolls. I think that Ezra Klein’s comments must be very heavily policed at the WaPo blog, while Smith’s clearly are not.

Have I mentioned that I spend Too Much Time on political blogs??