Poor players, strutting and fretting their hours upon the stage...

The Stupid Party needs to get some schooling in Texas Holdem, cos the Demoncraps are taking their shirts: "Game Theory and Media Bias" by Todd Manzi: It used to be that the press would report the happenings of politics. Somewhere along the line, the process became perverted, and politicians began playing to the press and engaging in behavior that was motivated solely because of the prospect of media coverage. The tail wagged the dog, and politicians learned they could manipulate the press. Today, the message of politics is delivered through a liberally biased prism. Not only do Reid and the Democrats make moves designed to get media coverage, they take full advantage of the premise that the people reporting the news are predisposed to liberal ideology. And infusion of testosterone and an ability to call the Dem's bluffs every now and then might make a difference in how the game is played in Washington...