Jonathan Chait wrote a column in tnr where he remarks

The fact that Iraq's prime Minister has endorsed, by name, Barack Obama's plan to withdraw most U.S. troops from his country in 16 months is a huge, huge deal. Most commentary has focused on the political repercussions -- as a GOP strategist succinctly put it to Marc Ambinder, "We're fucked" -- and that certainly seems to be the case. How can John McCain paint Obama's plan as wildly naive or irresponsible when the Iraqi government favors it too

But Mr. Chait then ask the larger question:

Meanwhile, the paucity of coverage of these remarks is inexplicable. The big newspapers have given this story a paragraph at most. Unbelievably, The Page gave this headline to Maliki's walkback: "Maliki Clarifies Seemingly Pro-Obama Remarks."

The media narrative over the past seven years has been one of "divided Democrats" fighting each other while a unified Republican Party consolidates power.  Even the 2006 elections that brought both houses of Congress under Democratic control raised questions about whether progressives and blue dogs could coexist and form a working majority.

The primary season was no different.  As John McCain wrapped up his party's nomination in February, the Democralypse of the Clinton-Obama battle fed the media narrative that the Democratic Party was tearing itself apart.

Yet as I read the morning news, I notice a change.  It may be sutble, but perhaps the narrative is shifting.  More below the fold.

One of the lines of argument during the primary that was pro-Obama was that the right wing knows how to attack a Clinton, but they don't know how to attack an Obama.

And now that the party has a nominee and polls reveal we are starting to unite behind him, this argument is proving true -- particularly when you pay attention to what people on the right are saying about Obama.

These cherry-picked bullet points are not intended as a substitute for actually reading Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein.  

My business phone rang about 15 minutes ago.  The woman on the other end of the line sounded like she was in acute distress.  I could tell she was having trouble keeping her breath.  Her voice was muffled and hard to understand having her sinuses filled with mucus from crying.  I felt myself instantly alert.  Is this someone with a psychosis?  Is this person suicidal?  Is this person going to be OK?  Then practical thought, 'Does this person have insurance?'  Often, people with history of mental illness have SSI of which I am not a provider.  That means I'm going to have to refer a distressed person either to someone who is.  ('And who is?', I asked myself.  Ah yes, I know someone.')