Slate is partisan ideology packaged as Kinsley-ism: "the common wisdom is right, but not for the reason everyone thinks!" He brought that shtick over from The N

Slate is partisan ideology packaged as Kinsley-ism: "the common wisdom is right, but not for the reason everyone thinks!" He brought that shtick over from The New Republic and it seems to have taken root, even Jack Shafer can't fix it. If there's any doubt about Slate's partisan leanings, here's how Slate's editors voted in 2008: Barack Obama: 55 John McCain: 1 Bob Barr: 1 Not McCain: 1 Noncitizen, can't vote: 4 http://www.slate.com/id/2203151/pagenum/4 http://www.slate.com/id/2203151/pagenum/4