Interesting. The MSM is giving up on the kenyan sooner than I anticipated.
Hardly. They're publishing this cover in mid-August for insurance. That way, when they start their heavily biased, full court press against Romney/Ryan throughout September and October, they'll be able to point back to this cover and say they've been "even-handed," with their criticism during this campaign cycle.
They are just trying to fire up the Dem base.