[swilhelm73]

Well, I'd generally chalk it up to lack of a backbone. Of course, not being able to use media outlets like the LA Times as a mouthpiece does make dealing with this kind of thing more difficult.

The Democrats may not hold the legislature, the presidency, or the respect of the American people, but they do own the media and the robed legislators in the judicary, and sadly that may well be more important.

[dwills]

we have plenty of media opportunities--even fox, scarborough and the pro-administration types that the leftwing outlets bring on for counterpoint could do a much better job with these stories than they have been

i predict a cascading erosion of support for bush if folks continue to assume that all votes he needs are well-informed by talk radio and the internet that there are other perspectives on these stories

sadly, about 20 percent of bush's votes will depend upon how cool jay leno makes him seem