Compare And Contrast

When Bush Dog Democrat Brian Baird changed his vote and decided to come out in favor of the surge and against drawing it down, he was rewarded with a never-before place of prominence on all the cable news shows. He was literally on a merry go-round of media appearances, and became the symbol of the "Democrats in disarray" narrative that the traditional media collectively decided to push.

Republican Representative Jim Walsh today came out against the surge.

Just received an email from our Washington reporter, Erin Kelly, who just got off the phone with Rep. Jim Walsh. She's writing a story for tomorrow's paper that reports the moderate Republican is switching gears and is now calling for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

Not only that but Walsh, who visited Iraq during the weekend, says he will no longer support funding the war.

Let's sit back and see how much scrutiny that gets in the media. Somehow I doubt that they'll give Rep. Walsh an hourlong "Briefing for America" to explain his position. In fact, he'll be lucky if his name appears on the crawl.