Now that the correspondence between Bob Woodward and the White House has been revealedas tame and cordial, conservative commentators are reacting with disappointment to the veteran journalist's claim that he was threatened over his sequestration reporting.
Politico on Thursday posted the emails between Woodward and White House economic adviser Gene Sperling, who told Woodward, "as a friend, I think you will regret staking out that claim.""Looks like we were played," The Daily Caller's Matt Lewis wrote Thursday morning.RedState editor Erick Erickson was also surprised after reading the emails:
surprise surprise the republicans owning up to their naivete in their desire to get something anything on this Admin.
the more they look to capitalize on a dirt story the dirtier they get, if they keep this up when thy fall down we won't know they'll blend with the dirt.
