That's such a shocker.

...Hillary to hire every other writer at Salon to make honest men and women out of them.

Edwards and Obama people on the Salon staff?

To fall for an unapologetic and somewhat clumsy propagandist? If nothing else you can now count on any real ideas about anything dying alone in the dark of Hillary's back closet somewhere. It's just blogging, namecalling and spin. Good luck with that.

Wow, so he was penning political articles for weeks or even months while also probably in negotiations with the HRC campaign? While I never actually believed in "journalistic objectivity", this little turn of events pretty much puts that myth to bed once and for all.

BTW, good luck selling Ms. Clinton's cynical triangulation to a broader and less sympathetic public. If I were you, I'd think about having some sort of career Plan B in place three months from now.

What a tragic career mistake. Does Sidney really believe that what the country needs at this particular point in it's history is a Clinton Restoration? Short of Cheney declaring martial law or Giuliani and the rest of the NY Mob taking office, she's the worst possible thing that could happen in 2008. Four more years of devisiveness, rule-by-paranoia and shrill attacks? Like The Decider in a bad pantsuit. Big eff'n mistake Sidney! You'll regret it only once, and that continuously.

This is bad news. Blumenthal's weekly column has been essential reading for the past few years. I think he's the best of all the White House reporters. Excellent writer. This is a bummer.

not to make too fine a point about it, but it's sort of like the Poderhetz child taking over COMMENTARY?

Would he ever have have had any of his thoughts published save for who was his Papa? At SALON or anywhere else?

And now he's taken a great deal more money than SALON can offer. For the worst possible candidate who tries to run simply as ""Trust me-I'm the Republican Clone you can elect'!

Off you go then Sidney, doubtless to find yourself easily chatting with all the other children of those who were important, and figure that they still are. I'm sure you grew up with them, and no doubt the taken for granted way you get along with them all.

Joan (in trench coat): Last night we said a great many things. You said I was to do the thinking for both of us. Well, I've done a lot of it since then, and it all adds up to one thing: you're getting on that plane with Hillary where you belong.

Sidney (wiping away a tear): But, Joan, no, I... I...

Joan: Now, you've got to listen to me! You have any idea what you'd have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten, we'd both wind up in a concentration camp.

Sidney: You're saying this only to make me go.

Joan: I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Hillary. You're part of her work, the thing that keeps her going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with her, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.

Sidney: But what about us? When I said I would never leave you?

Joan: And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Sidney, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Now, now... Here's looking at you kid.

Always a courtier. God save the queen!

Garry Owen, that's hilarious. I just hope Sid's wife Jackie, a good friend of mine, doesn't see it.

And why should he change?

Hillary didn't lie about Social Security, like the new Obama does.

Blumenthal's all too brief stint at Salon did credit to him and to the magazine. I hope it will be au revoir, and not farewell.

Say it ain't so, Joan.

The rabies segment of the right wing is coming after Hillary. Fight fire with fire.

He belongs with the best. I hope all of his stuff here is archived.

He's often "dead-nuts-on" in his spin. I am surprised, however, that he's signing on with Clinton. Of the top three dem candidates, she's the more shallow, hypocritical, and evasive. Perhaps that is why he is being paid a vast sum, to address these issues and try to place her campagin on a surer footing. Nonetheless, I am surprised. I'd have figured him more of a Obama type. You know, truth to power-type, as opposed to the stale rhetoric of Clinton. I guess it may be true that in this case politics does make for strange bedfellows...

I haven't got a lot of time for Hillary Clinton but that doesn't change the fact that Sidney Blumenthal wrote some of the most powerful and authoritative stuff I've seen about Bushworld and its denizens.

I enjoyed Sidney's articles. Sure, he's way liberal and I'm not, but his writing was tight and his analysis was insightful. Hopefully, he'll be back after hillary loses the dem nomination.

Even sadder is that wally shapiro hasn't gone away. He's just a mouth piece for the beltway dems.

How's about a trade, Joan? Wally for Sidney? You'll have to toss a little more into the deal though. Maybe hire the macaca guy, pump up his cred, and then add him to the deal.

Or Paglia. She's good, but her and hillary in the same room for too long would result in a sumo match. That would be fun. Besides, Paglia would still write for Salon because it damn well pleases her.

No loss. His writing was boring and offered few insights. Basically a rehash of all that's happening. Whatever you paid him was way too much.

russ