The Plank

by Walter Alarkon - 05/05/08 9:41 AM ET

Hillary Clinton’s dismissal of economists and a new Weekly Standard story lauding John McCain’s former school teacher have the bloggers’ attention. While Clinton finds economists wrong on a gas tax holiday, Jonathan Cohn recalls how she cited them when pushing for her health care proposal. Cohn says the campaign is playing politics to reinforce “class polarization” in the Democratic race. Isaac Chotiner is beside himself over a Weekly Standard’s story about John McCain

Tags Hillary Clinton John McCain