Kathianne
09-19-2010, 10:01 AM
Dropping all pretense of partisanship, it's become obvious that the media is in the bag for Democrats. Of course this isn't news to those that regularly stay informed, but the 'masses', those 'angry masses' are awakening to such and this makes it very easy to understand, when one of the most popular authors of a prominent magazine spells it out:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/09/an-epic-end-to-the-primaries-what-it-means/62992/
An Epic End to the Primaries: What It Means
By Marc Ambinder
Republicans -- would you like some decaf with that Tea?
Amid the celebrations and recriminations, here are a few different ways to look at the primaries of September 14, 2010:
1. The Republican base has repeatedly, when given the opportunity, declared its divorce from the party leaders in Washington. This is a significant problem for Messieurs Boehner and Cantor and McConnell, who, with every step, seem to be generating more and more ire. (Or, they're doing nothing, and ire continues to be generated from the group psychodynamics of the Tea Party movement.) The O'Donnell victory will change how Republicans in Washington respond to Democratic overtures between now and election, and it will almost certainly change the way that Republicans set their agenda if they win the House back.
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7. The media is going to help the Democratic Party's national messaging, which is that the GOP is a party full of Christine O'Donnells, a party that wants to take away your Social Security and your right to masturbate. Well, maybe not that last part, but then again, the implicit message of the party is that the GOP is about to elect a slate of hard social rightists to Congress.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/09/an-epic-end-to-the-primaries-what-it-means/62992/
An Epic End to the Primaries: What It Means
By Marc Ambinder
Republicans -- would you like some decaf with that Tea?
Amid the celebrations and recriminations, here are a few different ways to look at the primaries of September 14, 2010:
1. The Republican base has repeatedly, when given the opportunity, declared its divorce from the party leaders in Washington. This is a significant problem for Messieurs Boehner and Cantor and McConnell, who, with every step, seem to be generating more and more ire. (Or, they're doing nothing, and ire continues to be generated from the group psychodynamics of the Tea Party movement.) The O'Donnell victory will change how Republicans in Washington respond to Democratic overtures between now and election, and it will almost certainly change the way that Republicans set their agenda if they win the House back.
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7. The media is going to help the Democratic Party's national messaging, which is that the GOP is a party full of Christine O'Donnells, a party that wants to take away your Social Security and your right to masturbate. Well, maybe not that last part, but then again, the implicit message of the party is that the GOP is about to elect a slate of hard social rightists to Congress.