to have the makings of the usual partisan urinating contest, opinion, attacks, et al.

How about the article this morning:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...ok-fact-check/

Why is it news to have to fact check anybody if they care not to fact check the current administration??

Or how about this humorous article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...88108620091118

Remember when he first took office. First thing he and his team started promoting was that the promises he made were going to take longer than expected because _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (fill in the blank).
And now after creating record historical spending he now comes out with the big boy warning in China (of all places).....how lame is the premise?
China makes all our stuff and owns most of our debt.
America just dolts around knee jerking to what ever is thrown at them. China, however, has a plan and they are methodically dealing out as much rope as the US dolts are willing to haul in.

If the "managed" news weren't so humorous it could be depressing...

btk