Politics and other nightmares

This is a controversy I've never quite understood:

The poll we're running on the editorial page this week asks if it's time for a third major political party in this country. So far, the results are duplicating the recent Gallup poll on the same subject, with a strong majority saying indeed it is time.

Perhaps the results help explain this:

Here's a sobering thought. Way back in 2004, America could have been saved from Barack Obama and all the havoc he has wreked -- by a football coach:

Oh, forget those whiny World War II geezers wanting to visit their memorial, or all the national parl shutdowns, or the death benefits to the families of fallen soldiers, or drug trials to aid dying children. Now this shutdown has caused real hardship:

CNN's Jake Tapper: Why, yes, there is media bias:

“Do you believe there is bias in mainstream media?” a Reddit user asked. “If yes, which way does it slant and which networks?”

“Yes I do,” Tapper replied, “but I also think it’s more complicated than just liberal bias.”

In case you've forgotten what this whole government "shutdown" and impeding debt-ceiling fight are all about:

Oh, come on guys! You, too? Really?

President Obama held an off-the-record meeting with five conservative journalists on Tuesday afternoon.

The fearless Washington press corps at the president's press briefing:

Shutdown? You say there's a government shutdown?

The Pentagon is sending $50 million cargo planes straight from the assembly line to mothballs because it has no use for them, yet it still hasn’t stopped ordering the aircraft, according to a report.

Talk about every cloud having a silver lining, huh?