MICKEY KAUS CHARGES HYPOCRISY: “If he were a GOP, TPM would be all over it, no? Sen. Inouye acts on behalf of a constituent, who turns out to be in large part himself (a troubled bank in which his ownership share makes up ‘the bulk of his personal wealth’). … Yet Josh Marshall stays silent.”

But hey, it’s not as if Marshall pretends to be balanced or nonpartisan. And there are plenty of other bloggers to cover it. On the other hand, a lot of Big Media folks rely too narrowly on TPM and Kos. . . .