My thoughts on the media

FWIW, this is what I see as the overall press mood:

Bush is now perceived as incompetent in his handling of Iraq, terrorism, international relations, and the domestic economy. Even of it's with great reluctance, and a feeling that their arms are being twisted, journals like the Economist, which is read by that portion of the population most likely to be traditional Bush supporters, are finding that they cannot support Bush, not on ideological grounds, but on grounds of sheer incompetence.

Some journals are taking it a stage further and calling Bush not only incompetent, but dishonest in his treatment of the facts, and dishonest in allowing his campaign to be fought the way it is.

All stuff we've known for a long time - maybe our collective contributions on blogs, letters to the editor, etc. have finally permeated to the mass media.

But do note that many endorsements of Kerry are actually Anyone But Bush endorsements - they're not a real preference for Kerry's core beliefs - it's simply that Bush has fouled up so badly that only fools and lunatics (and those who know they will be beaten like a redheaded stepchild (to use a favorite HST phrase) in an honest administration will support him now. When Kerry gets in (and note the "when"), expect a flakstorm from the media - I don't think the country is willing to go through another Ken Starr fiasco, but it wasn't willing to go through the first one.

I really want to see the title "ex-Congressman Tom DeLay", though. If he loses his seat, the Republitoads have lost the dictatorship of the House, even if they have a majority. Support Morrison (DeLay's opponent).