No one in the blogosphere deserves a higher profile, more money, and something more interesting to do than Steve Benen. I like his (soon to be former) boss, too. Paul Glastris gave me a guided tour of the West Wing of the White House back in 2000, in the waning days of the Clinton presidency. I got to peer into the Oval Office and stand outside the Situation Room. That was pretty cool, and I hope to be able to do it again some day with my son. In any case, Steve Benen is moving on from the Washington Monthly, which is kind of sad. The magazine has been good to my family, with my brother doing a lot of work for them, especially when he was first getting started as a writer. Benen says he will be “a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show” and an MSNBC contributor.” I’m sure he’ll be a credit to a not-always-praiseworthy profession. It’s nice to know that relentlessly toiling in the insanity of our political discourse can actually be rewarding.

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