"Illegal spying of Americans..." If I hear this phrase again, I'm going to hit someone.
You'll be hearing it alot, I'm afraid. My antidote is to take as outside of what most of Congress thought, but inside of what the President can reasonably do, and Congress will eventaully agree with the President.
That's how I feel about "Culture of Corruption". Sound bites are poor substitutes for ideas, but they make great propaganda for the hyenas in the Media.