TIRED OF THE PRESS LAPDOGS?

Then start reading Evan Thomas of Newsweek for a nice dose of reality. This is from last night's Hardball:

MATTHEWS: Let me ask you, Evan, let‘s go back over what Pat said. Let‘s put a score card up here. Will he get an immigration bill through the Congress itself that he can sign?

EVAN THOMAS, NEWSWEEK: No.

MATTHEWS: That‘s what I agree with. Will he be able to announce casualty—not casualty figures, but reduction in troop strength tonight?

THOMAS: I don‘t think so. I think he will get it down to around 100,000 by maybe the election. But I‘d be surprised if they get it down tonight.

MATTHEWS: What good can he say tonight to improve his situation?

THOMAS: Nothing.

[snip]

MATTHEWS: I guess the question is, are these statements of institutional development in Iraq able to overcome the daily information we are getting on the ground over there of American casualties?

THOMAS: I don‘t think so. Because there have been some turning points before elections, people holding up purple fingers and all that and it never really made much difference, you know, the killing just goes on.