What's the news across the nation? Not the Senate hearings.

Don't you just love it? Our Democracy is crumbling, and our president is declaring himself king. We're standing at the brink with our only hope being the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. But, what does the "liberal" mainstream media emphasize? The budget proposals.

Take this morning's NY Times. The high priced real estate (top right of front page) is devoted to the budget proposals. The next most pricey property (top left of front page) is devoted to a photo of the riots over cartoons. Underneath the photo, above but near the fold, are two articles on the hearings. One that breaks off quickly from the front page to continue inside. It principally relates what Gonzales said in his opening remarks. The other asks which of two laws, FISA or the war enabling resolution, controls. (Actually, what the administration is really arguing is that neither controls, since Article II of the Constitution trumps them both. KISSweb throws a pail of cold water on that argument in the post below.)

It's very difficult to find any coverage of the actual questions and answers that were the meat of the hearing. Where is coverage of all the inconsistencies brought out in Gonzales' arguments?

Likewise, the TV news I watched last night had minimal coverage of the hearings. I had expected them to dominate the news. Instead they were an afterthought at best.

I guess the word had gone out from Rove that covering the hearings was a no no.