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Hanson, of course, is quite aware about the media bias, and he said it a number of times (his articles come out at least weekly, its impossible to repeat all the points and caveats every single time). We are loosing the propaganda war. And while it is an uphill battle, we must fight in anyway. Conservatives should not be on defensive in the ideological war, but we mostly are. Bill Bennett said it well (I love his morning radio talk show): democrats are skilled in the offensive game, and they CAN hit hard. We must get on offensive ourselves.

It is the President's job to articulate the vision and sell his program to the nation. I am his supporter, but know quite well, that articulation is not his strong point. Usually it does not hurt him a lot, and here is I think why:

He is by all accounts an average Joe who happened to be born to the powerful family. He is not a genius or a brilliant self-made man, but he is far from being dumb, he is smarter than he looks, and definitely above the middle. He was quite raucous, but then matured. He is a nice and engaging person. His heart is in the right place. He is sure of himself and is somewhat stubborn. He is loyal to his friends, up to the fault. He is good and decent. No doubt he endears to him so many Americans who by looking at him imagine themselves as having this terrible job and responsibility. He maybe was a spoiled brat long time ago as his birthright might have dictated but not anymore. Which is a very refreshing difference from Al Gore (shudder).
He would make a good Freeper, I am sure! He is an Average Joe President! And he is a damn good President. That of course annoys elites to no end, because when we [normal people] imagine ourselves in his shoes, we sympathize with the enormous responsibility he shoulders on, but they, they look down on him, because they are so much above the average Joe, its just hurts them to look at him or, even worse, hear him!

SO, his usual lack of articulation is usually OK and annoys only the people who value words more than average. But there are moments, when the WORDS must be said loud and clear. And he is not saying them, and does not appoint anybody to say them. Blair or Churchill have/had their own weaknesses, but, gosh, can they speak! George W Bush is a good president, especially for these trying times, but we'd have much less problems inside and out, if he could add words to the action. The action takes time, some of the projects we face take lots of time, the words can buy the time for impatient.

You have, a message to the people, Mr. President. Speak out!