Each morning, Rick Klein, Chuck Todd, and Mike Allen summarize the headlines of the Times and the Post, kinda like we do, but with less swearing. This makes them very important media figures with a great deal of power, because they apparently make something called “conventional wisdom,” which is another phrase for “what you read in Slate.” “Conventional Wisdom” used to mean “the midpoint between a a David Broder and a David Ignatius column” but then The Note showed up and confused everyone with in jokes and satirical memos. MORE »