I've always liked Chait's writing, enough that I manage to conveniently forget that he thought the best use of his time during the 2004 election was to write a near-psychotic anti-Dean blog. Enough to overlook his cluelessness when in the middle of the mainstream media's narrative that all opposition to Bush was driven by nothing more than irrational hatred, Chait penned a column at the perfect moment to give that little storyline even more resonance.
Given all that I guess what motivates Chait and his opposition to both Dean and Lamont is his desire to maintain the system of kingmakers, where smart deserving people are given jobs at Joe Lieberman weekly where they get to choose our leaders absent the messy involvement of the rabble.
Weird people.
