Now that the election is over, my main two politics blogs (i.e. daily) are Matt Yglesias and Marc Ambinder.
Yglesias came out of Harvard in 2002/3(?), did a stint at Talking Points, then the Atlantic, now at Think Progress. I like his focus on policy implications, with a snarky style that suits me.
Ambinder is a reporter at the Atlantic, with good sources and clear analysis. He’s more of a “what’s really going on” guy, which fits my insider identity. ;)
I still read Sullivan, but he’s best when he’s got a bone to pick, and after dispensing with Clinton, McCain, and Palin it will be a while before there’s an opposing force of requisite magnitude…. (Although Rick Warren is taking the bait this week.)
I also kind of like Ezra Klein, who has a focus on healthcare. He’s a little more rambling, and topically kind of all over the map, even for a blog, but worth checking maybe weekly, because when he’s got it he’s really got it. I actually really like his attitude; I can’t really place why he’s not a daily skim.
It’s amazing how much time I reclaimed after the election. Some days I must have been spending three or four hours a day reading politics. I’m rationalizing that it was all part of raising the energetic vibration to get Obama elected….
December 19, 2008