For some reason I feel like everyone already knew (or had an inkling) of this (prior to the report).
Lol..it's perfect timing....to remind people why (among other things) the republicans were voted out. People tend to have very short memories...those years with Bush were hell.
It's actually bad timing if you look at it from that perspective. An election just happened, and there won't be another one until 2016. That election will be dominated by the presidential race, which the Democrats will have to hold on to in order to prevent the Republicans from gaining control of both Congress and the White House. As you say, voters have short memories.
As far as timing, this is more relevant to the omnipresent fight between the intelligence community and open government advocates. It will be difficult for President Obama to push through new government powers with this report out, and the media will probably keep it in the news for a few days as people react to the incompetence of the CIA.
I cannot say I disagree with anything you've said. I thought it was good timing because the president is in the "sitting
" phase right now, but with immigration, keystone pipeline, and this, he's been in the news a lot, and not in the way republicans like. Plus gas prices dipped...people are feeling good, and though the election just passed, this is the time families might have time off and a chance to talk politics.
Time to win some debates...
*sigh*....it would be nice though if a similar stream of revealing news occurred prior to the next election.