I agree with your feelings of being burnt out with FR postings, the political news, etc. I can't watch FOX News anymore either. To me, the political atmosphere is like it was at the end of George H W Bush's term. The sharks have drawn blood and the media is salivating over the prospect of driving President Bush's numbers down or their wet dream of driving him out of office before his term ends. It's very depressing. And, the president's PR team sucks big time.
There's a reason for that. The dems haven't updated their playbook since 1992.