Just because one reporter (who was fired mind you) is working for a Republican Member doesn’t say anything about the publication’s stance. Being from Iowa and having covered the caucuses, Jeff Patch has a working knowledge of Iowa politics and was looking for a job (any job) where he could remain in DC and use his skills. As a kid who was fired from his first post-college job and burned bridges when he quit his internship at Roll Call after only a few weeks, I can’t blame editors for not wanting to hire him. If he has a chance to stay in DC, where he presumably has friends (although I have no idea who would want to be friends with this arrogant jerk) and a place to live, and avoid returning to Iowa, who cares who he goes to work for. Why don’t you spend your time focusing on what role the publisher plays in the editorial content because it’s clear neither VandeHei or Harris have a political agenda. If they did, why would they have bothered working at The Post?

[…] Craig’s Outer Backtracks | Dan Savage Hired Benjamin Nicholas | Sen. Craig’s Former Lovers Talk Politico Hammers People of Color — Again; Former Tom Delay Staffer Possibly Involved Tuesday December 4th, 2007 1:25 PM by BHDC Staff   Filed under: tk, Politico, Jim VandeHei,The Capitol Standard, Autumn Hanna Vandehei The multi-million dollar Politico publication, funded by the GOP-leaning Allbritton Communications company, has successfully squashed another competitor via backdoor bullying. In effect, the publication, well-known for its lack of diversity and conservative leanings, has strong armed a Hispanic upstart publication into changing its name.”Not content with taking stories that Hispanic journalists have already published and passing them off as exclusive, and THEN sending e-mails to Hispanic journalists [who had already broken the stories]…it seems that The Politico now also claims they own the Spanish language…,” writes Patricia Guadalupe, executive editor of the Capitol Standard. […]