Does anyone believe that the reason that Mary Matalin joined George Allen’s campaign is his “fluency in foreign affairs”? Time’s Mike Allen apparently does — he cited it as a fact in the Washington Post:

Allen embarrassed himself in January by replying “For what?” when a New York Times reporter asked his opinion of the nomination of Ben S. Bernanke, which had been announced three months before and was coming to a Senate vote. (Hint: His predecessor was Alan Greenspan.) Then again, Mary Matalin, a key Bush political adviser, was so impressed by Allen’s fluency in foreign affairs that she has signed on as treasurer of the George Allen Victory Committee, which will support his reelection campaign.

Why would we accept this? Matalin is a professional spinner. We have no idea why she joined the campaign even if she claimed Allen’s foreign affairs “fluency” was the reason.