Last night on Hardball, Matthews and Gregory were acting as if Bush's victory was a loss since he failed to unite the nation. Instead of any introspection on how the Democrats failed so miserably, even with their huge get-out-the vote drives, they attacked Bush for not taking New York and California, as FDR and Reagan did.
The media, just like the Democrats, are in complete denial about why they continue to lose power. And while it may give them comfort to mischaracterize the tightness of this presidential election, they continue to ignore just how much power and influence the Democrat Party has lost over the last decade, plus. This is a party that still controlled much of the South through the 1980s...yet has since been reduced to what can truly be described as only token representation in a few states.
The fact that the Democrat Party can't see this trend that has now been occuring for over a couple decades is an indication that they are incapable of governing themselves...let alone this country. As long as they continue to blame others for their failures, they will remain a minority party lost in the wilderness.
The media, just like the Democrats, are in complete denial about why they continue to lose power. And while it may give them comfort to mischaracterize the tightness of this presidential election, they continue to ignore just how much power and influence the Democrat Party has lost over the last decade, plus. This is a party that still controlled much of the South through the 1980s...yet has since been reduced to what can truly be described as only token representation in a few states.
The fact that the Democrat Party can't see this trend that has now been occuring for over a couple decades is an indication that they are incapable of governing themselves...let alone this country. As long as they continue to blame others for their failures, they will remain a minority party lost in the wilderness.
The problem is, they believe their own propaganda. Newsweek is reporting that Kerry was saying during the campaign, that he couldn't believe that he was losing "to this idiot." They've told themselves for years -- the pundits, the reporters, and the producers and writers of The West Wing -- that Bush is a moron. Now, that he has won, they are enting their spleen not only on the GOP, but on all of Red-state America. Not that they weren't doing that for years, anyway.
But I wouldn't count on all Dems being forever wed to delusions and hatred. Eventually, another likeable, Bill Clinton type with the common touch will come along, while the GOP is bound to have a candidate less likeable than Bush, and less able to get out the Evangelical base (most of the Party's rising stars -- e.g., Giuliani and Schwarzenegger -- are social liberals), and the Dems will win. The GOP is getting complacent, and such majorities don't last that long in today's forgetful world, with its MTV-sized attention span.