Joe Klein's column in Time June 18 represents a window into his current thinking as he along with other mainstream media figures spin the ongoing Democratic Party presidential primary contest.

In viewing Klein on television and reading his ongoing commentary in both Time and Newsweek he maintains a steady pattern cautioning Democrats against straying too far to the left, and that ignoring basic rules of politics pertaining to the "vital center" will result in potential calamity for the party.  

In his June 18 column Klein was particularly dismayed by the level of antagonism and verbal hammering he received on Time's blogging site, Swampland, after reporting an anticipated vote of Representative Jane Harman of California on the Iraq War funding bill.  

When Representative Harman changed her mind and voted against the bill after earlier telling Klein that, after a personal visit to Iraq, she had decided to vote for it, the political journalist describes an angry deluge that descended on him that he believes could auger badly for the Democratic Party should this conduct continue.