On "Soldier"

by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math

I have to disagree with Atrios on this one. Mary Matalin obviously used the word soldier in her fundraising letter for Scooter Libby's Defense Trust in the same way the Barksdale clan uses it on The Wire. No doubt the GOP establishment expects Libby to stand tall after sentencing and not snitch on anyone higher up the food chain. It's all in The Game, yo.

The distance between a well-disciplined political party and a well-disciplined street gang is not as far as you might think.