After saying some stuff that could be interpreted as comparing American soldiers to Nazis, Senator Durbin has finally apologized. I find it interesting that it took him a week to do so. The article suggests that he was receiving flak mostly from the blogosphere and “conservative talk radio hosts.” Is this another example of a Democrat on the national stage figuring the media will cover for them and then getting a nasty suprise from the newer, nontraditional media? There may be an element of this, but I rather suspect that it’s more of a case of elements of the mainstream of Democratic political thought hitting the actual political atmosphere in the country, and simply bursting into flame.