STEPHEN SPRUIELL TAKES A LOOK AT PORKBUSTERS and comments:

Perhaps the biggest success of the Porkbusters movement has been its ability to incorporate the efforts of both left- and right-leaning bloggers, transcending the partisan bickering which characterizes so much of the political blogosphere. “The real split on this stuff is not conservatives vs. liberals or Republicans vs. Democrats. It’s insiders vs. outsiders,” Reynolds says.

And it’s not just the Porkbusters who are bipartisan. Just ask Trent Lott and Harry Reid. As they’re likely to attest, you can find the Porkbusted on both sides of the aisle.

May it remain so. Given its modest resources, PorkBusters has done pretty well. But there’s a long, long way to go. And I want to stress the importance of lefty outfits like TPM Muckraker and — as Spruiell notes elsewhere — The New York Times in helping to bring this along. It’s truly a nonpartisan issue, as I say above.