I have to admit I'm not all that sympathetic to Josh Marshall's understandable annoyance that the Washington Post has started running an online column with the name Talking Points. Had it been Talking Points Memo I'd be more sympathetic, but Talking Points itself is a standard phrase - use it at your own risk.
To put it another way -- if the WaPo had their Talking Points column first, and then tried to STOP Marshall from starting his own Talking Points Memo I'd be on Josh's side.
On the other hand, the Beltway journalist crowd is fairly small so good manners might suggest that the WaPo cease and desist, but only good manners.
