This sort of slop isn't the product of partisan thinking. It's a product of not being able to think at all. When news outlets assign sports reporters who see everything through the lens of elite corporate sports to cover serious news, this is what you get.
I'd already heard NPR's Scott Simon and Franco Ordoñez do a more restrained version of the same thing on Weekend Edition today:
ORDOÑEZ: ... And again, as you noted, it comes as American and Iranian teams are meeting in Pakistan for peace talks led by the vice president, Vance. You know, they kicked off this morning between the U.S., Iran and Pakistan, which of course is serving as host and intermediary for the talks.
SIMON: To state the obvious, I suppose, this seems like a huge test for Vice President Vance.
ORDOÑEZ: Yeah, very much so. I mean, perhaps the most significant of his political career. I mean, it'll be a defining factor as he looks ahead to a, you know, possible run for the White House himself.
But there is no joy in Mudville, mighty JD has struck out. Does this mean he'll be sent back to the minors, or will he just be benched for awhile?
