Are we all in a bubble here...?

[regnaD kciN]

Because all I see, anywhere I turn in the progressive blogosphere, is that Palin is in trouble, the Republicans are abandoning her like rats fleeing the sinking ship, that McCain may have to ask her to withdraw, etc., etc.

Then I look at the Corporate Media (yes, I know, but they are where most people get their news), and all I read is about how the Republicans are "rallying around" Palin and showing "strong, enthusiastic support" for McCain's pick.

So, I have to wonder: are we here on the left, at DU, DailyKos, MyDD, OpenLeft, TalkingPointsMemo, and so on, simply in an echo-chamber-like bubble where we only reinforce our own wishful thinking? Can the Corporate Media be considered, instead, the group in the bubble (even though their version of reality is what will be swallowed whole by the vast majority of the American electorate)? Or is the Republican "strong, enthusiastic support" similar to the "vote of confidence" the owner of a struggling sports franchise gives his coach/manager just before canning his sorry ass?

As they used to say in the Comedy Central ads, "I don't know...I'm askin'"