Is anyone else as sick of the "talking heads" media as I am?  They talk over fine speeches like Kerry's, as if they had something to say and he didn't.  But they have nothing to say, other than that they can't understand why Obama's campaign isn't just like McCain's - ugly and full of "red meat."  Their strategy seems to be to imagine a story, ask everyone questions to prove their story, ignore the fact that the story doesn't exist, and report the story as if they had it right to begin with, which of course means they have to ignore what we all see if we simply delete them from our screens by turning on C-Span. 

One question I have today: with Gov. Schweitzer reporting that his rip-roarin' speech was a departure from the "approved" remarks, has the Obama campaign exerted too much control over the content of the speeches?  I guess it remains to be seen.  And why is it that the McCain campaign can make fun of something - like the columns - and then suddenly pundits are making fun of it too?  Is this substance? 

I really hope that my faith in the American people's ability to ultimately see through b***s*** is still there.  Surely at some point they can see that all the McCain campaign talks about is negativity.  It almost seemed like the speakers last night were deliberately trying to get to McCain by saying "he's a good man" but...I'm glad Time magazine got to him with their honor questions.  Let's see if other reporters have the courage to ask these types of questions.