non-Enron pieces in Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall, most recently on the fun-loving Gary Condit, who says (sort of):
If you will entrust me with your hard-earned dollars and contribute them to my campaign, I will use that money to make my case to the voters of our district, to tell a story about the struggles of working families and to enlist a dubious also-ran in the annals of forensic science to exonerate me of any responsibility for the tragic murder of my bosomy young girlfriend …
I’m no liberal but I admire Marshal for his ability to make the liberal case with intelligence and without the snarkiness that characterizes people like Talbot and Kinsley. Our democratic process doesn’t work without smart people on both sides, so I encourage them where I find them.