I don't think that the press is giving him a pass, so much as what he is doing has the approval of BOTH parties. The press (I'm talking about the one that driv

I don't think that the press is giving him a pass, so much as what he is doing has the approval of BOTH parties. The press (I'm talking about the one that drives the political discourse, in this case, the major news networks) is divided into three teams: 1) MSNBC aka Team Democrat 2) Fox News aka Team Republican 3) CNN aka Team WE'RE NEUTRAL WE'RE NEUTRAL, PLEASE DON'T CALL US BIASED Team Democrat will almost never say a bad word about Obama because he is a Democrat (and this would anger his base, aka their viewers). Team Republican actually APPROVES of what he is doing so don't attack him on it (instead choosing to focus on attacking a fictional Obama character who is a "Socialist Atheist Muslim Commie Infiltrator born in Kenya"). This leaves CNN, who out of fear of ever being called biased, attempt to be neutral (as opposed to objective) and so take part in "he said, she said" journalism, and right now, both he and she are saying the same thing: "OBAMA NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY GOOD". examples: 1) Democrats say Obama's new healthcare bill will help decrease the deficit, Republicans say it will add to the deficit. What's the reality? The f*ck should I know? It's not like we do any investigative journalism here, let me instead have a split screen of two a$$holes engaged in a shouting match. One representing team Democrat and the other, team Republican. 2) Democrats say that Paul Ryan's budget proposal does not offer any specifics as to how exactly he would lower the deficit and thus is not a serious proposal. Paul Ryan disagrees. Who's telling the truth? I don't know, it's not like I know how to read or anything. I also specifically picked these examples to mention another trend, that of CNN (and other news networks/outlets hoping to earn the moniker of neutral/bi-partisan), fearful of charges of being part of the "liberal media" will over-correct, and usually be harsher on Democrats than Republicans.