It looks like Mike Allen is taking advice from The Godfather . Responding to criticism from Obama-supporters (Andrew Sullivan) of his exclusive article outlining POTUS’ decision to release top secret CIA memos, Mike took the high road.

He writes : "there’s a certain World Wrestling Entertainment element to these blog slams: It’s just business…"

Way to not let it get under your skin, Mike…although the two page defense of your article that ended with "I’ll try to think of a headline that’s bland enough that Sullivan won’t accuse us of going for “buzz and traffic”" kind of made you sound like Fredo.

Will Sullivan channel sal Tessio, and ask that we "Tell Mike it was only business"?

Anyway, all this Godfather talk brings us to our next readers’ poll:

Who would make a better Wartime Consigliere: