What's a designer to do?

Wednesday was a big state budget day here in Connecticut (and Rhode Island). Not an easy, inspiring day for designers, at least in my case. Even with the sky-is-falling message from our governor, it's tough trying to pull something out of these stories that will grab people around the throat and scream, "READ ME!!!!"
So here's a look at what the Nutmeg newspapers (and Providence) offered up today. You think any scored with non-budget fans?



What's your opinion?