Fred is completely out-of-touch on the immigration issue... totally clueless!
Mort and Barnes are just Beltway talking heads.
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Fred is completely out-of-touch on the immigration issue... totally clueless!
I agree, but I find their stuff valuable, even so. They represent the view of some of the smarter people inside the beltway. They aren't smart enough to realize that they are wearing blinders and only reacting to that inside the beltway information, but if I recognize those limitations I think their analysis of that point of view is informative.
I take what they say, pro or con on any issue, and use it to gauge what the unreal reality is within that very strange and closed world. I then apply my own analysis given a different point of view and perhaps a broader (though shallower) set of sources. It's also really valuable to give me a clue on what is likely to happen within Congress, regardless of what's going on in the real world.