We love the smell of a smoking gun in the morning

Dan Bartlett, recently departed White House guy, discussing right-wing blogs in an interview with Texas Monthly:

I mean, talk about a direct IV into the vein of your support. It’s a very efficient way to communicate. They regurgitate exactly and put up on their blogs what you said to them. It is something that we’ve cultivated and have really tried to put quite a bit of focus on.