Bristol West is a key marginal that could go any one of three ways, and Moulitsas covers all the bases in a straightforward piece of reporting. It makes a change from some of his posts on the Guardian's election blog, which have seemed to me either ingratiatingly cliched:
We Americans are cursed with an inarticulate president, studiously avoiding a castrated press corps, which - when given the chance - is unable or unwilling to ask any tough questions lest they have all access cut. So forgive us for feeling a tad bit - nay, a great deal - jealous about your prime minister and your press corps.Or simply clueless:
I won't pretend to know what this all means, but it was refreshing being at a political rally in which people did not feel compelled to wear their patriotism on their sleeve. Brits are obviously patriotic people, yet self-assured enough that gaudy displays of nationalism are not necessary.At least in the second example, his commenters provide some much needed context.
In any case, he fits right in at the Guardian.
