Has the press ever seemed more out of touch than when covering the unfolding stimulus debate? Even the new, historic and catastrophic unemployment numbers haven't been enough to budge some media elites from their ho-hum complacency.

What's the rush, an annoyed Mika Brzezinski asked about the stimulus bill, echoing the online chorus of right-wing bloggers. (Who yes, are sure the economy will improve in coming months even if the government does nothing.)

(h/t Big Tent Democrat)