Reply #4: you know what made me sad about the big Petraeus hearings?

[Muttocracy]

I mean the one with Crocker that got so much attention last spring. Part of the reason they got so much attention was that HRC and Obama were there. They got attention for asking the same sorts of questions others had been asking for a long time. They both did a great job with framing questions and followup, but I guess I'm just a small-c-conservative when it comes to appreciating more experienced folks in government (for which I get snapped at on DU). But at least the celebrity factor got people watching I guess.

Maybe Obama, Kerry, and other can make government policy more interesting to people. We'll see if it lasts past this election cycle, but it might.

I thought the hearings held a few days before that were more informative and blunt. Hearing William Odum and other retired generals, and Nir Rosen and other journalists and folks who've been on the ground in Iraq was more interesting to me.