The press corps, the Dems, and Bush's war

Two interesting posts from Out There tonight, historical takes on why the Dems are so freaked out to publicly oppose Bush's war.

Take One:

It was clear to me from the earliest days of [Clinton's] presidency that his problem with the Washington press corps most assuredly was not that he wasn't cool enough --- it was that he was too cool. . . . They hated Al Gore for the opposite reason. He reminded them of their own geeky selves.

Digby, "Rotten Elites"

Take Two:

The man is playing at being president. He’s always played at being president. There has been no other American president who took orders from his vice-president and thought and said only what his consilgere told him to.

He’s a fake. But he gets away with it.

He’s a failure. But he gets away with it.

Lance Manion, "Why oh why can't we have a better press corps"

Discuss.