[inquest]

They found out that bad news sells FAR better than good news, and thus they're talking up their version of bad news.

And the evidence of this is? They could always make plenty of money ripping into the Democrats, like they normally do.

If you're going to come up with an ad hominem argument to subsitute for a real argument, at least make it plausible.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"And the evidence of this is?"

The collective and instant trashing of Roberts, Miers, and Alito comes to mind.

"They could always make plenty of money ripping into the Democrats, like they normally do."

They found out that whining about the Dems is marginal, becaused the Dems are themselves marginal. Whining about the GOP gets FReepers with 1-digit IQs (and I'm being REAL generous) to read their books and columns, listen to their shows, and generally send them money.