Capitol Hill's lobbying scandal isn't all bad news

Dallas Morning News | Mark Davis:

“We're a funny country when it comes to outrage. Our decisions about what sets us off are often unpredictable.”

Ed Cognoski responds:

The public reaction may be unpredictable but Mark Davis isn't. Democratic scandals set him off. Republican scandals set him scrambling to find the silver lining, in this case a debate about reform. Otherwise, Mr Davis finds that the public doesn't care. But is that the case, or only Mr Davis' wishful thinking and intended outcome of his own earnest efforts to paint this as a story about "one crooked lobbyist" and not a "culture of corruption"? Mr Davis even describes the reaction of the press to this Republican scandal as "comical." Mr Davis' own columns might be considered comical if they weren't so mind-numbingly predictable.