So what is the spin?

It's obvious that the left had their talking points handy on this one. I spent a few hours toggling back and forth between CNN, MSNBC, and Fox news. Oh, and yes, it certainly appeared that Rachel Maddow was "this close" to falling into an uncontrollable sob most of her show.

A voice of reason?

The dueling spins are as follows:

On Fox news they were of the opinion that if after all of this (four investigation, two years, and tens of millions of dollars) they came up with no collusion, that it is now time to turn the attention to those who used dubious intelligence to set this whole thing in motion. Tucker Carlson interviewed a GOP congressman who suggested that it was time to take a hard look at the IG reports from Horowitz that implicate many senior officials in the FBI for bias, dishonestly, and breaking regulations. Obviously if the report turns out lacking in "collusion" substance, there will be more calls for a second Special Counsel to investigate Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, and anyone else who made dubious judgement calls.

On CNN and MSNBC they had a virtual chain of people 100% devoted to attacking Barr over transparency and trying to make a claim that this was not the "end" of the probe, but just part of the process. They kept breaking in with speeches from a variety of Democrats who all "demanded" like wounded animals that nothing short of "total transparency" will do.  Everyone wanting to remind people that Mueller was not the only game in town, and there was more "possibilities" out there. Jeff Toobin on CNN seemed to be almost a voice of reason by reminding people that regardless of other events, that this was unequivocally "good news" for Trump and his inner circle.

At the end of the day, I have a strong feeling that neither side is likely in touch with public sentiment. I doubt that Americans in general are in the mood for another Special Counsel probe, another in your face Congressional investigation, nor are they interesting in what might be happening with investigations in other jurisdictions. I don't think that they care much about Strzok and Page, and I doubt that anyone will lose any sleep if Congressional Democrats do not get to rummage through Mueller's investigation notes.

I think that the General public would quite honestly like to move on from all of this and start to focus again on what is real and what is important.