Quote of the day: The fix is in

[T]he mainstream media, having just lived through four years of Obama and with four years yet to go, is bored. Mainstream journalists want a new story. And that story is a GOP comeback -- starting now and (they hope) reaching its climax in 2016, when a Republican Obama (young, Kennedyesque in his vigor, quite possibly brown-skinned) takes the White House.

- Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog, explaining why the GOP won't have to “reform” itself too much in the near future: the “respectable media” like Time and Politico will do what's necessary to make sure the next presidential race is a “race,” as long as the only alternative is to admit that the GOP has been off the rails for several years and they haven't been reporting it.