Believe it or not, her work as a writer for the Seattle Times may not have anything to do with her success now, but it did have something to do with her success as a syndicated commentator, with a wide range of newspapers across the country. Heck, her column was even in our local leftwing paper for a couple of years. She would never have been given the opportunity to syndicate if she had not first worked for a major newspaper.
All of which is totally irrlevant to her career now, something she just validated not 20 minutes ago......