Dick Meyer's critique of MSP (mainstream politics) is refreshing, but not quite deep enough from my perspective.

While I personally agree with the sentiments in this opinion piece, it's haphazardly argued with csome controversial claims made without any evidence (e.g. "Clinton is a pure partisan, a creature of interest group politicians and a tactician.")

childish and clueless. the few good insights are buried in a sea of drivel. As usual , also, poor Hillary comes in as the baseline demon of the piece. Also, nonsensical to put Obama and McCain in the same bag. This is what passes for blogging from the networks--a very low standard indeed.

An interesting analysis of what Obama and McCain candidatures represent in terms of "change" in US politics - an expression that has been used (over-used?) in the current main stream media. The author argues that Obama and McCain are both trying to obtain power without "succumbing completely to MSP (mainstream politics)", and that they are not above manipulating the media and being partisan when it suits them. The tone of the piece is reasonably calm and deliberative, and it seems to me that this is a more sober view of what these two candidates are really doing. The piece is a bit short on data and sources. One question that arises out of this view: what would happen to "change" once these candidates succeeded in gaining power?

Opinion pieces don't have to be fair or sourced.