Politico fortune-telling

POLITICO.com is infamously known for its two-dimensional, who's up who's down coverage of politics. That’s how this Beltway outlet butters its bread. But I had no idea it was in the fortune-telling business, too. A day before the state of the union address, it declares: "When President Barack Obama steps into the House chamber Tuesday to deliver his second State of the Union address, ambience will trump substance." Reeelly. And what, pray tell, is this brazen assertion based on? Thin air, it turns out. The 3-page opus is an amalgam of speculation, leading-the-witness quotes and snippets of the same White House leaks that every other news outlet has. I hope whoever sold Politico its crystal ball has a refund policy.