Nice. And reinforcing a Gary Jacobson argument is pretty much always a good place to be. The one time Edsall asked me for comments, I sent some damn good ones he did not publish nor even bother to reply to with a "thanks."
Honestly, I don't think it's too much to thank somebody for their time of putting some expert analysis into NYT appropriate words, especially if you are not going to use them :-).
Nice. And reinforcing a Gary Jacobson argument is pretty much always a good place to be. The one time Edsall asked me for comments, I sent some damn good ones he did not publish nor even bother to reply to with a "thanks."
Steve,
I never get a reply from him. If I make the cut, I find out when the column comes out.
Honestly, I don't think it's too much to thank somebody for their time of putting some expert analysis into NYT appropriate words, especially if you are not going to use them :-).