it's a smart approach for Obama. An interesting fact is that John Glenn, the astronaut and Obama supporter, was another one of the “Keating Guys” and both he and McCain were the two who were only accused of bad judgment and received no sanctions. I do wish, though, both sides would talk about the future and quit reliving the past.

I do have a question in regards your reading mostly online. I assume you have a pretty high filter for political information posted on the web as that has been shown the area with the most abuse. What is your strategy for determining between claims. I too focus mostly on the web for my info gathering but have found a need to check multiple sources on issues I am not familiar with to ensure the content (even from so-called mainstream media outlets) is accurate. This has made the level of info noise I have to deal with during crises or election time much higher than I would prefer.