Tomorrow morning, Ron will triumph on Meet the Press. Russert, an establishment journalist if ever there was one, would like to demolish Ron. He won’t be able to do it, of course. Our man is unflappable and right. But here’s one reason he won’t want to be hyper-vicious: capitalism.

Russert and his bosses know that this will be the most-watched MTP in Russert’s career, and maybe ever. They’d like to keep some of those new viewers around. So as much as they might wish to take the shiv out, market pressures will prevent pure nastiness (as versus partial!).

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.