The right is up in arms over Harry Reids’s accusation about Romney’s taxes and about the new Obama Super PAC ad suggesting Mitt Romney is responsible for a woman’s death.

The left is up in arms over the Republican TV ad on the President and welfare reform.

Based on the reactions in press releases, on Twitter, and on the web, I believe the following equation is accurate, despite media censure of both sides:

Republican back-down + Democratic back-down = 0