A NEW ERA: Thomas Lifson responds to Adam Nagourney. (Via Roger Simon). It’s worth reading this column by John Leo from U.S. News, too. Best bit: “When the Los Angeles Times finally decided to notice the story, it had an obvious problem: How should it report news it had ignored for 11 days?”

UPDATE: Varifrank wonders why the press is suddenly so angry. “As long ago as last December, the press was laughing at John Kerry and his chances to win the nomination. Now, they seem deeply offended that President Bush has even decided to run for re-election. Where it gets really weird is to watch the same people who were deriding Kerry just a year ago, [who] now are willing to ‘go to the mattresses’ for him.”