I agree with you. The media plays a huge roll...but this has been an issue since the republican caucus in Iowa last month..the candidates all gave speeches on the issue...with the exception of McCain..and it has snowballed since then...
And being faced with all the other crap that they cant even reputably spin in a positive light...both the house and senate republicans have turned to this...the media has chosen to cover the story, but they only do so at the prompting of government.
The huge protest also influence the media to cover the issue. However the fact that the media is giving this issue as much (if not more) air time than the documents Fitzgerald just filed in the scooter Libby trial is sickening.
The selective leaking (call it declassification if you want) by the administration of the NIE for purely political reasons...all the while publicly claiming no responcibility...might not be criminal...but is grossly dishonest and speaks volumes to the character of our president. This is a story that while being practically ignored at the moment will stand out in the history books.
At the heart of it is how we were misled into war by a campaign of scare tactics and selective release of information, by an administration determined to make war with Iraq, regardless of the cost or consequences. There was no need to enter Iraq and we were lied to in order to get us into a war based on ideology.
