There’s further evidence that the lobby is going the way of the wicked witch of the west

in Max Blumenthal's sharp piece in the Daily Beast on the Freeman opposition. Blumenthal says that the campaign against Chas Freeman is motivated by alleged spy Steve Rosen's opposition to the two-state solution, that the campaign had the quiet AIPAC support and has had the effect of exposing the lobby's machinations for all to see. MJ Rosenberg explains that the Freeman thing turning into a "huge story" is the opposite of what the lobby likes: quiet liquidation. And when the lobby loses, as I believe it will here, the public display of ineffectiveness will further defang it.