Reply #1: I liked the endorsements of Jon Katz, Scott Moore and Robert Neubecker.

[elsiesummers]

These endorsements are all pragmatic.
They also point out areas in which someone who might have once supported Bush, if they are thinking rather than listening to Fox or talk radio hype, would have to be dissillusioned by the distance between what Bush said and what he has done.

Also liked William Salletan for having gotten it right all along.

Have to agree that some of the snide (like your category four - Noah and Weisberg) "we can't stand this mannerism" remarks, including a couple of shivs in there at Gore, are annoying. This pettiness is a microcosim of greater problems with the media, in general. So tired of the "which one would you want to drink a beer with approach." I feel quite sure that if many of them judge their spouses or significant others by these arbitrary standards they remain perpetually dissatisfied.

On that note, I'm dissappointed at the overall lack of enthusiasm of many of the Kerry voters. I just don't get that. It's not like Kerry just won the primary (he was my fourth choice, but I'm genuinely pleased with him as a candidate). He really has been a remarkably strong candidate from the first debate onward. They need to get over their quirky judgementality - especially the pundit types like Noah, Weisberg and Kaus.

The permanent dissatisfaction becomes a bore.

edited - category four