[oceanview]

but many more people then get their news from a another "source" in the media matrix that get's its orders from the top. again, Goldberg lays it all out.

[mrsmith]

Look, you say Bush is not handling this well but then why is there no evidence it is hurting him?
It's that simple.

The media doesn't get away with what it used to. The mass media coverage of Clarke- unlike 60 minutes and other "narrow" media like NYTimes analysis- has been unusually fair to the White House.

This week Clarke helped the Dems dodge the "security" bullet for now, but he hasn't hurt Bush.