Channeling Larry King again, here's a couple of random examples of what I consider birdbrained Presidential horse-race coverage:
1. Keith Olbermann showing his partiality to the Clintons by distorting Barack Obama's comments about Ronald Reagan being an agent of "change." No, I didn't vote for Reagan and I was well aware of the damage he did to social services and public health (let's not forget the refusal to act on AIDS because it was a "gay disease") so the U.S. could have a bloated defense budget and covert military ops. But to mischaracterize Obama's generalized "Reagan as leader of movement" remark as an endorsement of Reaganism is something akin to the behavior Olbermann frequently skewers nemesis Bill O' Reilly for.
2. Precious TV/online time devoted to Mike Huckabee's pet movie/TV star Chuck Norris (a man in his 60s) making a silly comment about John McCain's age (meant apparently to be code for "he may have health issues like Paul Tsongas did"). It's grimly amusing that the party that gave America Ronald Reagan (not a youngster when he was elected) would resort to this kind of intraconservative feces-throwing.
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