Another Libertarian? Oh, Come On.

If you worried about Wonkette losing its libertarian flair once Reason Editor-in-Chief Nick Gillespie  packed up his guns and hash pipe, worry no more. I'm David Weigel , a mere assistant editor at Reason , and I'll be guest-blogging here all week.

The question arises: Aren't you too good for this, Dave? Probably. My resume in political journalism goes back a whopping four years, to a time when George W. Bush was reasonably popular and Tom Daschle strode the Capitol with a John Holmes swagger. I reported for Campaigns & Elections , trudged through copy at USA Today's editorial page , and managed to sling punditry at both The American Prospect and The American Spectator . Since April I've been Reason's resident political junkie, filing reports on the fun-loving GOP majority , the secret life of libertarian Democrats , the greatness and perfection of Joe Biden , and, of course, the decline and fall of political blogs . (I also got into a hair-pulling brawl with Michelle Malkin, which perhaps explains why I fit in here.) I wouldn't say I "hate" politics, as Nick does . I'd say I treat it with all the seriousness it deserves. (Read: Little.)

Is everybody ready to mock politicians, gossip about the media, and dish out libel like Ben's Chili Bowl dishes out heart-clogging meatstuffs? Terrific. Like the man says, let's roll.

-- David Weigel