[King Prout]

Of course, hardly anyone in mainstream political debate has made such assertions.

nonsense. many do indeed say these. few of the big names will say them explicitly, but parsing what they do say does generate a position statement in all denotative ways identical to the more overt statements made by the DU/Kos-Kids Krowd.

When the president starts a sentence with "some say" or offers up what "some in Washington" believe, as he is doing more often these days, a rhetorical retort almost assuredly follows.

hrmn... and when a lamestream talking-head uses the same phrasing to camouflage the fact he is saying "I say/I believe", in order to editorialize without restraint or data in what is presented as a "straight news" segment, does this author call them on it?
doubtful.

[goldstategop]

This is a DNC hit piece dressed up as news. Its not an objective article; its Loven writing an editorial opinion. Hers is no more valid that that of any one else's. What I find annoying is these liberal journalists won't even come out and acknowledge their own biases. But we know who they are.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")