Gang of 500

You know you are the media elite and a charter member of Mike Allen's "Gang of 500" when you can dash off a line like the one in his column today about whether Ted Cruz meets constitutional qualifications to be president with the assertion, in effect, of "My buddy Neal Katyal says it's ok, so it's toally cool."

Of course, this inside-the-beltway groupthink is nothing new. Many of the same journalists somehow thougth a non-binding Senate resolution was the defining word on John McCain's birth questions.

For the record, the Congressional Research Service suggests that Cruz "most likely" meets the requirements, but the decision is clearly not a slam dunk and potetnially still up for consideration.