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Former L.A. author and blogger Virginia Postrel nominates Ron Brownstein, the national political writer for the Los Angeles Times, as somebody the New York Times should hire. She also thinks the NYT should add Michael Barone of U.S. News.
"They're both independent thinkers who don't simply repeat Upper West Side prejudices. They both understand that the political landscape is complex and interesting. They both write well. They both live in the political world of the present day, not some fabled past. And they both say what they think, not what they think someone thinks they should think."