The whole political Internets were abuzz (WITH JEALOUSY) all day yesterday about how lil’ old Sam Stein, the workmanlike Huffington Post blog reporter, got to ask Obama a very serious question at his primetime press conference about prosecuting Bush and Cheney for their various crimes against everyone. White House press conferences will devolve into Atrios yelling monosyllabic pejoratives from a dark corner in the back of the room, for days. It is David Denby’s dream. Anyway, yeah, Sam Stein, he interviewed Pat Leahy last night and got some good stuff. MORE »