If you don't make a point of giving both sides their lumps it's easy to give the impression you favor one or the other. Sometimes even then; S&P tried very hard to avoid endorsing anyone and we still wound up debating whom they blamed (though, to be fair, that's largely because Republicans are once again employing their patented "rush to blame the opposition for our mistakes" defence against S&Ps many explicit criticisms of them). Isn't it pathetically ironic that everyone but Republicans is angry with Obama for his utter failure to do the very things Republicans constantly accuse him of doing? It's making me very nervous about my countrys future; when BOTH major parties insist on laissez-faire capitalism huge public majorities oppose, and the system is so institutionally prejudiced against third parties, future prospects seem very ominous. Liberalism is far from dead in America, it simply has no voice, and that's not a situation that can continue indefinitely as people lose their homes because corporate leaders send their jobs overseas, then demand (and get) more tax breaks and government handouts. I keep hoping against hope we'll step back from the brink of destruction and we keep redoubling our pace to leap over the edge.