Reply #8: We're not voters anymore,we're consumers of political process. [View All]

[Miss Authoritiva]

Whether we want to be or not -- it's the only option major media are giving us. So it's not surprising that niche publications and blogs are cropping up to fill the void, becoming "consumer unions" in a sense.

Sometimes the basic information that I have to google around to find on pending legislation or on candidate policies is astonishing... astonishing because in their haste, sloppiness, or bias, the media failed to cover it.

But the cookie recipes of the candidates' wives get covered, as if we're back in the days of Ike and Mamie. What a multi-level insult to the American people.