The nice thing about having a Democrat in the White House is that there never is any bad news.

For example, if you weren't paying attention, you might miss this:

August has become the deadliest month for U.S. troops in the nearly 10-year-old war in Afghanistan, where international forces have started to go home and let Afghan forces take charge of securing their country.


A record 66 U.S. troops have died so far this month, eclipsing the 65 killed in July 2010, according to a tally by The Associated Press.

Of couse, Obama's opponents - unlike Bush's opponents - aren't in the habit of playing up American deaths for political advantage.