Democrats should focus on the problems of governing the country. That was their mandate. Get over Rush Limbaugh. The more they continue to make this a big deal, the more people are going to begin questioning what in the world the white house is doing spending so much time on this issue.

Take the time and focus on the economy and while you are at it, see if you can find a nominee that doesn’t have tax issues. That, in my opinion, is a much larger issue.

If they wan to use traditional press then they need to invoke a wedge or two toward some of those reporters.

I’ll think about this some more as a lose money being at work to support multinational companies.

1. Great question – why DO they do that? You are absolutely right. I admit a curiosity re: how can the political leaders operate side by side with this literally large figure and voice coming out of entertainment. But for the journalists to go after that, as the first question out of the box. And Boehner of all people should know better re: what he can cut to without responding – Ohio’s absolutely terrifying unemployment rate, at a minimum.

Ok – you got me now – I will really try to think about this. We’ve been having a debate about media literacy on one of my listservs and this really proves the point of how it’s needed.

2. Also great point – what do you think about this: the Bush admin. really was excellent not even just at procrastinating, but of making us feel like certain things were more important than they were, over and over, and then the things that really bothered us, the Bush admin. marginalized, trivialized and brushed aside.

Compared to that, trying to put a laser focus, and a public one at that, on some of the most uncomfortable and upsetting realities of the day – it’s painful – for pretty much everyone. And it’s just the pleasure principle at work – people, lawmakers, do not like to face that stuff.

I think Obama is facing the music of reality – like Ohio – and there’s just so much in that that people who are no longer in control can dislike.

So there is a lot of squirming and saying, look over here. And that’s so attractive to the media, as you point out in #1.

I think every American knows EXACTLY what we need to be focusing on – I just think the resolve to do and/or to do it the way Obama is seeking to do it, is what has people being seduced by distraction.

Thoughts?

1. This might be another reason newspapers are dying? Why are they asking a member of Congress about an entertainer’s viewpoints?

2. Not clear who is the distraction, Obama, Rush or the serious work that really does need to be evaluated line by line and vetted by the American people.

The games people play. Peek A Boo I didn’t vote for you (Rush).

But I’m not sure why you object so much to the title – the stories today and for the last week have been about the begging for forgiveness aspect of Steele et al asking Limbaugh’s forgiveness – were you thinking something else, perhaps that I wasn’t??

Your point is well taken along with Vigurie’s that there is a vacuum of sorts in the leadership of the Rep party.

But if your a reporter and the forst question out of your mouth is about Limbaugh. Please.

This story line of course could only be written by the WWE wrestling outfit or a white house not to sure of how to mask the boondoggles they are trying to hoist on the American People. And after the Poltico article of earlier today we now know that this White house is looking more Like the Nixon one than anything of Lincoln.

Hope they find a new scapegoat before 2010.