About Brownstein's insider connections:
http://www.haloscan.com/comments/digby/3371545141919486060/#911828"His latest wifely edition is Director of Communications for the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), a creepy Washington, D.C. think tank founded in 2007.
The BPC is staffed with Washington insiders whose mission is to promote Village Values (and corporate-friendly legislation) under the guise of "bipartisanship" in the congress. Check out Founders, Advisory Board, Board of Directors, and Staff for familiar Village names, to wit:
http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/aboutFounders of the Bipartisan Policy Center -- and two of Obama's BFFs:
Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD)
Senator George J. Mitchell (D-ME)
Senator Bob Dole (R-KS)
Senator Howard Baker (R-TN)
Prior to joining the Bipartisan Policy Center, Ms. McMenamin spent three years on Capitol Hill as the Communications Director for U.S. Senator John McCain, serving as his chief spokesperson and overseeing his Senate press operation."