I know Maria Shriver is an NBC something-or-other and a “Kennedy” and Mrs. Schwarzenegger, so I understand that she’s got all sorts of pull with all sorts of people. But I’m just curious — this report of hers is a Center for American Progress product. I haven’t looked at it, though I did listen to the blatherific discussion on it on Meet the Press (the panel was Shriver, Jon Podesta, and Valerie Jarrett — plus the moderator who didn’t seem capable of mustering a single skeptical or even probing question). Maybe it’s a superduper piece of scholarship. But CAP is a self-styled progressive answer to the Heritage Foundation. Is it remotely conceivable that a report from Heritage or AEI or any conservative think tank would get the uncritical acceptance and promotion that NBC, Time magazine, and all these other outlets have given the (very pompously titled) Shriver Report?