In his “editor’s note” for the latest print version of U.S. News & World Report, Brian Kelly explains that he’d rather “referee” than participate in the debate about government involvement in the economy.

But the following comment attracted my attention:

Tea Parties, talk radio, cable partisanship, and Internet money bombs are only part of the hyperactive climate that’s been created by a president with an agenda that at least half of the electorate is not buying. [Emphasis added.]

Kelly might be overly generous to President Obama. Even so, it’s telling that a major figure in the mainstream media admits that “at least” a majority of American voters reject the president’s ideas.