How the media continues to do Rove's bidding ...

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We here on DU know that Bush's ratings are dropping, with some polls showing him in the low 50s. He is increasingly vulnerable in 2004. Yet when I talked to my mother the other day (she's a Dem and doesn't like Bush) and told her this, she had no idea. She told me she was under the impression he was a shoo-in. And this is someone who reads the paper and watches channels other than Faux. The reality on the ground has changed but the media is still treating Bush like a popular wartime president. I wonder if they'll ever catch up. Of course, most of them thought Bush would win easily in 2000, too.