"Do congressmen think presidents call people like me and say, 'Don't forget to harass my enemies'?"

"Are congressmen that stupid?"

Peggy Noonan imagines the thought bubble over the head of Elizabeth Hofacre, as she answered questions about her processing of tea-party applications for the IRS.

Noonan's column is titled "A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal: No, it wasn't confined to a few rogue workers in Cincinnati." Meanwhile, Steve Benen writes: "When a 'bombshell' is a dud."