President-elect Barack Obama

Spider Power

Here's the thing. If we, as liberal bloggers, keep our powder dry and carefully pick our battles, we can seriously have an impact on what happens in the new administration.

The withdrawal of John Brennan is great example of what can be done.

But if we go all Cuckoo's Nest about everything that comes down, we're going to sound like unstable, unserious contrarians and no-one in the White House will take us seriously. Oh, it's just the bloggers crapping their cages -- again. Just like always. Ignore!

What's that maxim, again? With great power comes great responsibility.