No One Will Listen To John Harris And Jim VandeHei
February 5, 2008 -- 11:07 PM EST // //

Why won't anyone at The Washington Post listen to former Post reporters John Harris and Jim VandeHei? The other day, the duo, who are now at The Politico, made an extraordinarily sane suggestion as to how we can all improve political coverage. They wrote:

As far as what’s bad, there is generally one good answer to excesses and hype in political journalism: Respect the voters. That means waiting to find out what they really think.

Yes! Let the voters decide what they think! Very good idea. But alas, no one at The Post will listen to them.

The other day, Post columnist David Broder ignored their advice. And tonight, Post writer Eugene Robinson went on MSNBC, before anyone had any sense of what the Super Tuesday results would be, saying that the results would constitute a big "repudiation" of Bill Clinton:

EUGENE ROBINSON: Hillary Clinton emerges from this evening on her own, basically. because having Bill Clinton at her side is not working.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: It's really hurting her.

ROBINSON: It’s hurting her. I think this will end up -- this evening will end up being a repudiation of Bill Clinton.

Will it? I guess we'll find out. Hasn't happened yet.

I don't understand this. Harris and VandeHei are among the most respected in the business. Why won't anyone -- their former colleagues, no less -- listen to them?

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