the AP pulls out their crystal balls--

If Elected ... How Would a President Obama Govern?

"For all Barack Obama's talk about change, there are signs that in style -- if not substance -- a new White House under Democrat Obama would operate much like the current one under President Bush. ..."

If Elected ... How Would a President McCain Govern?

"A rabble-rouser from his earliest days, John McCain has never been one who likes to be told ''no.'' There's no reason to think a President McCain would be any different. ..."

Get a load of this lead from AP's Deb Reichmann. Under the headline:

Rove keeps up heat on Clinton

(I know, I know, the editors write the headlines, and they're even worse than the stenographers) we get this hacktacular lead:

HELLMOUTH CRAWFORD, Texas - Master GOP strategist Karl Rove won't let up in his attacks on Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton, but the intriguing question is why.

No, that's not the intriguing question at all.

Yeah, it's getting to be like torture. Thanks, Kathleen Hennessy of the AP, for this stellar, stenographic work:

Clinton initially opposed cutting off funds for the troops [unlike the evildoers who would vote for such a thing], but said Wednesday that she believed last week's vote was cast in support of soldiers abroad.

Hennessy actually drops a Republican Big Lie right into her "story." Unbelievable?

I am so tired of not being able to understand "what is important" from a news "report." Or rather, I hate feeling like there is so much more going on in a story, and the reporters and editors who bring me information just can't be bothered to find out what that is. Tell me what I am to understand from this very mixed blurb:

By NATASHA T. METZLER
WASHINGTON (AP) - American support for the fledgling Iraqi government is not unconditional, and Iraq should expect changes in the U.S. role, incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Saturday.

"In the days ahead, the Iraqis must make the tough decisions and accept responsibility for their future," Hoyer, D-Md., said during the weekly Democratic radio address. "And the Iraqis must know: Our commitment, while great, is not unending."

All I can say is, titter!. You decide if this this important: