The problem is that Bush will get a bounce... from the new Iraqi government, the cessation in violence in Fallujah and Najaf, another stellar jobs report...
The media is preparing to blame it on a temporary Reagan bounce, rather than give credit where credit is due. That is worse than politicizing Reagan, it is using his death to detract from other good news and harm the President.
The only ones the media would be fooling is themselves. I've never seen the left so hysterical and desparate. It will be interesting to see how outrageous they become this year.