Matthew Yglesias's Solution to the Mike Allen Problem

Why oh why can't we have a better press corps? Yglesias says that we can:

Yglesias: People Should Talk on the Record! Earlier this week, the Treasury Department invited some bloggers... to meet briefly with Secretary Geithner and I guess some other officials.... Mike Allen... given the ground rules, likewise offered a writeup that didn't feature specific names or quotes... a "mind-meld"... that Tim Fernholz and other more policy-minded people who were there said was substantially...