It’s a sad day in blogville. The Carpetbagger Report, one of my favorites and a mainstay on my daily blog stroll, is no longer. What with mainstream media being such a joke, The Carpetbagger has been of my more valuable sources of political and international news. The bright side is that Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger himself, hasn’t given up on blogging. He’s now the voice of The Washington Monthly’s blog Political Animal. It sounds as if much will stay the same…I’m just hoping his daily “mini-reports” and “campaign round-ups” make the move with him. It’d also be nice if he can talk the Washington Monthly into switching that layout a bit. It’s a little confined. If you never checked out The Carpetbagger, go give Steve a look at Political Animal.