Paul Campos is Right

I’m going to let you in on a secret.  Those of us who guest blog here measure our success by one criterion alone:  whether we get the mainstays of the Prawfs family to comment on our posts.  Only when we see the likes of Dan Markel, the two Ricks, Howard Wasserman, and all of the other folks listed to the immediate right, in the comments do we know that we’ve truly arrived.  And let’s not forget Orin Kerr.  I won’t hide the satisfaction I felt upon seeing that my first post on Prawfs drew a response from Orin himself.  A day late, sure, but that only adds to the power and mystique.  The comment was succinct and witty – pure Orin Kerr. 

And Dan’s presence was felt, too.  Not in that pedestrian way of, well, commenting.  No, Dan’s acknowledgement came by deleting the first comment that appeared on my post.  Was I little hurt that Dan thought the note, “Good post.  Really interesting!” was spam?  Yes, fine, I’ll admit it.  But that feeling was eclipsed by the joy in knowing that Dan had read my post closely enough to surmise that there really wasn’t anything interesting about it.  I can do better, Dan, I promise!

What does any of this have to do with Paul Campos?  Nothing.  Absolutely nothing.  But I’ve followed this blog long enough to know that there’s no way that Paul Horowitz is going to abstain from commenting on a post that says Campos is right.  Heck, I bet Paul didn’t even get past the title before composing an erudite, polite, and somewhat self-deprecating response.  Go ahead, Paul.  Hit “post.” 

I’ve already begun plotting how to bring Howard into the mix.  The Ricks are practically in the bag.  But man, this Orly person’s going to be tough.  Thank goodness I’ve got Google and 26 more blogging days to come up with something.

Hope to meet you all at the Prawfs happy hour tonight!