HEWITT - James Carville from the New York Times this morning: "I think we have to come to grips with the fact that we are an opposition party right now and not a particularly effective one. I'm out of denial. Reality has hit."
In the same article, pollster Stanley Greenberg as much as admits that Democrats cannot win the presidency unless an election occurs in or near a recession. No wonder the party so opposed making the tax relief permanent.
John Kerry, quoted in this morning's Washington Post:
"'Sometimes God tests you,' Kerry told the crowd at H20, a restaurant on the Potomac waterfront, according to an aide. 'I'm a fighter, and I've come back before.'"
"Come back?" As in 2008. Yes, according to the Boston Globe. That'll make Dems happy. Poor Iowa.
Michael Barone sums up the MSM, 2004: Bush "has been the target all year of vicious and biased coverage from old media, many if not most of whose personnel saw their job as removing this scourge from the presidency. The 60 Minutes story about Bush's Air National Guard service, which was based on obviously forged documents, is only the most egregious example. Old media have headlined violence in Iraq and reported almost nothing about positive developments there; they highlighted the charges of self-promoter Joseph Wilson and spoke nary a word when they were proved bogus; they have given good economic news far less positive coverage, studies show, than they did when Bill Clinton was in office."
I doubt the MSM will ever regain their position of respect. It is now understood as an extension of the Democratic Party, and a not-very-ethical annex at that. |
