Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps?

In which I am reminded of why we call the Washington Post's Susan Schmidt "Steno Sue"...

David Kurtz today, August 20, 2010:

BFF: Tom Delay: "Jack Abramoff is still a friend of mine."

Steno Sue, December 29, 2005:

DeLay, a Christian conservative, did not quite know what to make of Abramoff, who wore a beard and a yarmulke. They forged political ties, but the two men never became personally close, according to associates of both men...

Steno Sue, October 18...