Letters to the Editor
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You will be missed
Thanks for a good couple of weeks of frequent updates and quality articles, Steve. I definitely appreciated your approach to the War Room, and I'm sorry to see you go.
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What's your address?
Hey Steve, when I try to click on your "regular digs" link, I get a "file not found." Can you fix it or just type a URL? I would very much like to come over and set a spell.
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Thanks, Steve
Hey Steve,
I really enjoyed your work here at War Room. In the past I had occasionally checked out carpetbagger when links showed up in the posts I read, but I'll be a regular visitor to your posts now after getting to know your work. Take care.
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bummer...
maybe you can stay on as a regular contributor - no reason for war room to have only one voice!
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Hurry back
You and Alex K. should tag-team or something.
Koppelman has good blogs, but sometimes he's way off. His long-winded defense of Geraldine Ferraro's comments was a serious low point, and made me really wonder about the guy. I do hope he has gotten a haircut and acquired a razor since last we saw him. (It's fun giving him a hard time...)
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You will be very sadly missed
I've really, really enjoyed your tenure. You offer real analysis in the War Room, something that I hope will continue when Alex returns.
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Steve Will Be Missed
I preferred Steve's approach to the War Room--more analysis, more irony, less gossipy, and more likely to show deeper background knowledge than Mr. Koppleman.
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Many thanks!
You've made your mark at Salon for sure. Don't be a stranger!
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I agree with Hummel-Levy
I'm really going to miss you, Steve. Good job.
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Great job.
Steve was a fantastic War Room blogger. It felt like a return to the original War Room that was one of the major selling points of Salon for me...great analysis and a featuring of items that didn't make it into other news sources.
To the editors at Salon--keep Steve Benen around!
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Goodbye
You should go on back to TPM where (over) reactionary ultra-left meets libertarianism....It will be nice to get Alex back.
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hat tip
Thanks for your fine work in War Room, Steve. Like most of the letter writers here, I think you've raised the bar with your thoughtful take on the events of the day. Keep up the fine work, and don't be gone for long.
Salon staff: If there's ever a blogger opening here, I hope Steve Benen tops your wish list.
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Sad to see you go, Steve.
It's a shame that Salon isn't keep you around, but I take consolation in knowing I can read you over at the Carpetbaggers Report. Ba bye, War Room!
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Heck of a great job, Brownie! :-)
And welcome back Alex!
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"Shane! Shane! Come back!"
Really. Steve. You will be missed. However, since you are just heading back to your regular gig, i hope all of war room's readers come with you. i certainly will.
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Rats
I had such high hopes that Salon had listened to its loyal readers. Ah well. I've found Tim Grieve's new home and I'll follow you too. Thanks for a great couple of weeks in the War Room.
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You'll be missed
You've been great around here, and I appreciate your approach to covering this stuff. I will definitely be carpetbagging regularly from now on.
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bye bye salon
Now only Greenwald is worth paying attention to. I would say sorry Alex but it would be untrue, Steve set the bar that Alex has failed to even see.
With Joan's rants, I'll check out Greenwald and that is it. Very diplomatic Steve and will and have been checking out Carpetbagger since you've taken Alex's mantle.
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Thanks, Steve
Ya done good.
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Doh!
I will miss your participation in the War Room. Your posts and the insight and humor you shared were top notch (and frequent!)- I enjoy your style a great deal. Thanks! I am sorry to see you go! Please....don't!
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Nooooooooooooo!
I'd appreciate a War Room with you and Alex.
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Bye War Room
Koppelman lacks insight, lacks background knowledge, lacks resourcefulness, lacks intellectual curiosity and any but the most rudimentary sort of analytical ability.
To be fair, it wasn't fair to him to be replaced by Benen. Never fun to get schooled by the substitute teacher. The kids never do think of you the same way again.
No surprise, though, that Walsh ignored the steady please of her readers to keep Benen around. Koppleman is a perfect fit on the team Walsh has assembled.
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Merci bien !
You're clearly better than Koppelman.
Miss you already.
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pleas please
Where'd that 'e' come from?
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Still more praise!
You did a great job here. I've always enjoyed your posts at Carpetbagger, and I'll be checking in more often.
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Best the War Room has been for awhile
No disrespect to Alex, but I really enjoyed your posts. They were solid. Nice work, you'll be missed.
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I honestly couldn't tell the difference
The world is coming an end, everything sucks, the people who are not exactly like us are Hitler squared on plutonium. Someone's to blame for all of this; the usual suspects.
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Another Carpetbagger convert
Agree with other posters. I don't plan on visiting the War Room if Alex is going to be the only one posting. Steve's posts were very insightful, and actually focused occasionally on what McCain and the current president (yes, he's still around) are up to instead of this constant, destructive Clinton/Obama chatter.
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more free time
War Room under Steve was starting to take up far too much reading time every day. Under Alex, it seemed like the articles were a lot less frequent and rarely engaged my attention. Now, I guess I'll get more work done -- unless I start reading Steve's blog...
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[sigh...]
Well, at least we can always go to the Carpetbagger...
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He's going to take a bunch of us with him
Steve's control of the War Room was the only thing that brought me back to Salon. Now, with Steve's departure I'll probably leave as well.
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Steve, great job
Many thanks and kudos...and a boohoo.
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Awwww...
...sorry to see you go. You rocked. I'll check out your blog.
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I've enjoyed your posts
I book marked your regular site. I look forward to reading you there.
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Sorry to see Steve Go
And quite sorry to see Alex Koppelman return.
Sorry to see Salon plunge downhill.
Sorry to see America do the same.
Oh well. Quod est inferius est sicut quod est superius, I guess.
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A job well done
Thanks for your insightful, timely, and thought-provoking posts, Steve.
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Y'all come back again. Hear?
You did a fine job hosting War Room. I'll be checking out your work at Carpetbagger Report and when it appears on C&L. Best wishes and I hope Joan brings you back again.