ED DRISCOLL: Shifting The Goalposts At The Washington Post. “If you’re a politician on the right, reading that your views have ‘evolved’ since taking office in the Washington Post is code that your ideology is slowly moving leftward. But when it comes to Barack Obama, voted the most liberal member of the Senate by the National Journal in 2007, just the opposite transformation has been taking place in recent months, as the Washington Post gears up to aid in his presidential reelection bid next year. The Post is morphing Mr. Obama into Barry Goldwater so slowly, I hardly even noticed. But let’s review the timeline anyhow, just for fun.”