Is this it?

So maybe this is what this blog is about: Pop-culture politics and analysis.

Not so much an in-depth probing of policy minutiae, or wonkism if you will, but rather how politics are reported on television, magazines and the internet. Because the average American is very busy working, taking care of their family, running the kids to soccer, helping out their neighbors and just generally living their lives, it's safe to assume they have only a few minutes a day to digest politics and public policy, eh?

Perhaps this blog will offer a venue to discuss what makes it through the collander of news and opinion.

Take today for example. Since before he took office President Obama has been in Chicken Little mode regarding the economy. He wanted a stimulus package on his desk the day he took office. Any delay would mean disaster for America. Of course we know it took a few weeks to stuff this bill through the house and senate before he could sign it. So what did he do when the bill was ready on Friday? He took a long weekend and said he'd sign when he got back to work on Tuesday.

Why the wait if the fate of the nation was in balance? Um, the media cycle of course. If he signed it the moment the ink dried on Friday night he would've missed the maximum impact of the news cycle. Same if it he signed on Saturday, or Sunday or even Presidents' Day on Monday.

To me, the whole thing is just another cynical exercise in the show business of governance. If a bill has to be passed TODAY or thousands of jobs will lost but that same massive chunk of legislation can sit on the President's desk for four days waiting to catch the upswing of the news cycle, then you tell me what's really at play here.