Kneepads with the Washington Post logo

Ezra Klein is right. Regardless of who is in charge, power corrupts. Blogostan's pretty cool, but we need a traditional press corps devoted to holding the feet of the powerful to the fire, whether the powerful be Republicans or [sigh] Democrats, not to mention keeping us "fickle bloggers" relatively honest.

And that's why the whole "kerfuffle" over at the Washington Post so madding. If John Harris, the Post's political editor, believes that criticizing the White House's unabashed spin, balder, and dash is evidence of "liberal bias," then we are all in big trouble.