Must be something in the water cooler at that place. Joe Lieberman Weekly - the world's most highly funded liberal trolling outfit.
...adding, Noam did take time to comment on the really important issue of the evening - the quality of the cocktail weenies:
This was probably the least impressive of the handful of Bloomberg affairs I've been to. The hors d'oeuvres were more anemic-looking, and the venue was kind of Spartan. Alongside the posh Adams Morgan manses of previous years, the cavernous Macedonian embassy had all the charm of airplane hanger, except with worse acoustics. Maybe it's the best sign yet that Michael Bloomberg is bagging on that presidential run.