Past performance is no guarantee of future results:

“Can’t believe I’m saying this, but Rand Paul (of all people!) is asking serious questions in his filibuster that we shouldn’t ignore.”

— Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, today.

“Wash Post’s Eugene Robinson Appears on MSNBC to Praise ‘Quick,’ ‘Popular,’ Funny Hugo Chavez.”

— Headline at the Media Research Center, yesterday evening, after Chavez’s death was announced.