Edds is back!

I’ve been having so much fun watching football today that I almost forgot to mention that my favorite political writer, Margaret Edds, is back. Her columns are some of the most intellectually honest ones you’ll ever read. Her latest, Searching for the real Jim Webb in the ‘real Virginia’ appeared in today’s Pilot.

On Allen:

Either the good senator was astonishingly ill-informed about his opponent, or he’d fallen into a trap that’s become all too common in today’s political world – saying whatever’s handy about a rival, whether or not it bears any particular resemblance to the truth.

On Webb:

Reading “Born Fighting,” it’s hard to imagine Jim Webb agreeing with anyone, anywhere 97 percent of the time. Skeptics might legitimately wonder how such independence would fit into the renowned (at least until recently) collegiality of the U.S. Senate.

Good to have you back, Ms. Edds!