No better illustration of the herd mentality of the press corps than this classic from the musical, Chicago. Just substitute the state-controlled Washington press corps for the knockabout Chitown police and court reporters, and presto: The New York Times, the Washington Post and MSNBC:

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You know, when you stop to think about it…

David Axelrod is from Chicago, isn’t he?