Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Generations

Rick Perlstein writes about the failure of conservatives to understand that it isn't the 60s and 70s anymore.

But there's a bit of a broader question. Why is that when I turn on my teevee on Sunday morning I still see George Will, Cokie Roberts, and Sam Donaldson? And when I click on the Washington Post I still find Richard Cohen and David Broder?

The pundit class is old and ossified. It was old and ossified 16 years ago and 16 years later it's the same damn people.