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By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:57:51 +0000

Wow, thanks for that comment, Keith. Bookstore owner, huh? Ever think about being a … journalist? Oh, wait…

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:54:16 +0000

Sorry that should have been lowercase g-d.

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:53:21 +0000

The problem is that the Register is still the 800 lb gorilla in Iowa politics and David Yepsen, for all his chops, is not in the national political columnist league. You should see the negative mail his column gets in the the Register so he’s no God by any stretch. He’s just a decent albeit schmoozey insider (like Brent Larkin) political columnist on a paper that has a hugely inflated view of itself. Donald Kaul was far, far better as was Ron Borsellino (RIP). Borsellino’s spouse Reka Basu is also a fine, fine columnist in the Connie Schultz mode. And other Iowa newspapers simply don’t care to cultivate anyone of statewide stature. The guy who tried to write politics for the Cedar Rapids Gazette is, well, its the holiday season and I’ll let it lie. But it is the height of lazy journalism for the Post to default to what does appear to be an evergreen column that gushes in an embarrassing way. I might speculate that it may have been in exchange for previous favors the Register or Yepsen may have rendered the Post in Iowa. Just a thought.

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