By Peter Feaver
One of the first
things they tell you when you take a post in the administration, any administration: You are not irreplaceable because no one is
irreplaceable. We are about to test that proposition at
ForeignPolicy.com as we say farewell to Chris Brose.
If anyone is irreplaceable, it would be Chris. Denizens of Shadow
Government will recognize him as the most prolific blogger showing
equal parts generosity, wit, insight, and, upon occasion, the well-placed dagger. But what is less publicly visible has been his behind-the-scenes
cat-herding, without which Shadow Gov would have been all Shadow and no
Gov.
It will quite literally take two people to fill his shoes, and even
then Will Inboden and I will be hard-pressed to keep this particular
ship of state moving forward at a respectable clip (to indulge in a
mixed metaphor that would have provoked a deserved howl from Chris). However, we are not irreplaceable either, for Shadow Government has a
very deep bench -- and it is about to get deeper (more to come).
So let's bid farewell to Chris, but let's warn him we will cast our eye
from time to time over toward the Senate to make sure that the folks
in the real "loyal opposition" are fulfilling their responsibilities
well. And let's remind him that he always has a home out here in the
virtual boondocks, because most in-and-outers spend most of their time
on the outs and Shadow Government is a great place in which to be "out."
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