What "too much? too soon?" tells us about the state of things

[underpants]

"Is it too much? too soon?" appears to be the default time filler on almost every news channel and here's what it means

The media
The MSM is basically throwing in the towel. They clearly don't want to do the research necessary to cover more than one topic at a time. They might as well just say "We are used to killing time with a slew of pundits offering the same conventional wisdom over and over until you peons GET IT!! OUR PUNDITS ARE RENDERED USELESS!!!". It is embarrassing to watch.

The Republicans
Their "big lies" method of just hammering home a nice tight little message about the topic/issue of the week is now ineffective because there is so little time spent in one specific item. They are spinning in circles firing off their ammo randomly and they are exposed.

The Obama administration
Obama had the choice of thousands of applications from the best and the brightest of the uber-performing youngsters (like every administration does) they have tapped into this pool and are using this talent pool very effectively. Notice how everything is "under review"-they are formulating plans not just running out tired outdated mantras to feed the MSM and to be shouted against by the Republicans.

The punditry crowd loves sports analogies, especially football ones. Obama is a basketball player and that game is played not up around the rim (where everyone is looking) but rather with the feet. You make a move and the other side has to react-by the time they figure out what they are going to do you are on to your next move AND this is going on with five continually moving parts. He is basically cutting their feet out from under them by not letting them get any traction.


BTW- if you have noticed that Geitner has not really come up with a concrete set of resolutions for things yet that is because they are in the process of negotiating with the powers that be in the banking/financial world. No one wants to say that out loud either because it would be too much of a "tell" or because they are all spinning in circles and not getting it.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Most people with knowledge of these things suspect Geithner's waiting on the stress test results.

Which makes perfect sense because how can you take action without knowing which banks are in need of triage and how bad the problem actually is?

I know, I know, crazy to think that a President would want to have actual evidence of a problem before acting. :D