In his Hillary Clinton hatred, calling Richard Nixon Clinton’s “mentor.” Why, wasn’t it less than two weeks ago that Sullivan promised “a new tone” when it came to his treatment of the Clintons? “I’m going to try a little harder to be a little more temperate,” he swore.

A temperate blogger might note that in one of her first jobs after law school, Hillary Clinton worked for the House Commission on the Judiciary securing Nixon’s impeachment.

—Dana Goldstein

Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project.