The Panic In Noodle Park, Cont.

We've written about this before.  It's a month later, and here we are again.

It's been no secret that the "mainstream media" (including the news and analysis pages of the New York Effing Times and the once great Washington Post Bezos Bugle) has been playing the Republican tune "Hillary is (inauthentic, secretive, not trustworthy, etc.)," right out of Reince Priebus' songbook for months now.  It's been a rather effective joint effort.  It's also not a new alliance.  But, while she's behind for now in unrepresentative lily-white Iowa and New Hampshire, she's leading Bernie Sanders nationally by almost 2 to 1 rather than 3 to 1, and she's still beating every Republican.  For those of you like us who have weathered many, many primaries and elections, you know there's a long way to go.  And what's going on on the Democratic side of the electorate does not come close to the Crazy on the Republican side.

Here's Eugene Robinson in today's once great Washington Post Bezos Bugle introducing the different narratives playing out in the Republican and Democratic primary fields:

Am I ignoring the big picture? Have I somehow missed the fact that the major themes of the campaign thus far have been disgust with politics as usual and rejection of establishment candidates?

No, it’s just that I believe the internal dynamics of the two parties are quite different. Clinton fatigue among Democrats is one thing, but the total anarchy in the Republican Party is quite another.

The op/ed is a pretty good read, and doesn't pull punches when it comes to the Clinton campaign's failings.  The polling, however, shows Democrats want someone who is experienced in politics and governance;  Republicans want an outsider, apparently preferring a know-nothing like Trump or Carson.  In a general election, we think that tips in favor of the Democrats.

So, please, when you see the headlines and the stories predicting imminent doom for the Clinton campaign, consider the source, the calendar and the opposition.