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'''Sidney Blumenthal''' is a long-time confidante of and advisor to {{dl|Bill|Clinton}} and [[Hillary Clinton]], and has zealously defended them through any number of scandal investigations. <ref>[http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/01/11/blumenthal-on-the-boil.aspx (Newsweek blog)]</ref>

'''Sidney Blumenthal''' is a long-time confidante of and advisor to {{dl|Bill|Clinton}} and [[Hillary Clinton]], and has defended them through a number of scandal investigations.<ref>[http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/01/11/blumenthal-on-the-boil.aspx (Newsweek blog)]</ref>

U.S. Federal Judge Richard Posner called Blumenthal one of America's top public intellectuals.<ref> http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/TABLE%20II.pdf "Data for tables in Chapter 5 of Richard A. Posner, Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline" where Posner talks about the data he used for his book Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline.</ref>

U.S. Federal Judge Richard Posner called Blumenthal one of America's top public intellectuals.<ref> http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/TABLE%20II.pdf "Data for tables in Chapter 5 of Richard A. Posner, Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline" where Posner talks about the data he used for his book Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline.</ref>