Pseudoflap over Ron Founier in liberal blogosphere?

Talking Points Memo flags, as do many other liberal blogs, I’m sure, the Politico story that AP Washington bureau chief Ron Fournier mulled an offer last year to join the McCain campaign.

But, TPM won’t tell you what’s further down in the Politico story, and I suspect other big-name liberal blogs are practicing similar omerta on this:

The revolving door between journalism and partisan politics has turned faster in recent years. Among the most prominent recent converts is veteran journalist Linda Douglass, who joined Barack Obama's campaign in May, fresh from reporting on his campaign for National Journal.

National Journal ain’t quite the AP, but, nonetheless, the sword cuts both ways.

This should not be taken as a defense of Fournier, and certainly not of his Karl Rove e-mail.

Per Politico, yes, it’s private sector to private sector, but in an ideal world, we’d have laws similar to the lobbying laws preventing journalists from immediately working for politicians, at least Beltway journalists.

Josh Marshall misses the point at TPM, but, because he’s ultimately a Democratic blogger, that’s to be expected.

This is really a reflection on the Republican-Democrat duopoly and the press’s part in it.