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Da Ponte, not Mozart 

Josh Marshall: “The difficulty for Democrats today is that they excel at the libretto of politics but have little feel for the score.”

Sometimes the most interesting things don’t appear on weblogs 

Well, that goes to show how out of touch I am with local scandals. I wrote on Friday about MP and Spectator editor Boris Johnson’s tirade against American justice, when it turns out the story everyone was interested in with Johnson was his affair.

It hasn’t hit his weblog yet, but the result — his sacking from the Conservative front bench — is a major news story in London.

One small point I noticed in the extensive coverage of Borisgate: he was born in New York. That means that if he decides to flee these shores and seeks US citizenship, he could run for president, unlike governor Arnold. Now Boris Johnson as a US political candidate. That would be interesting.

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