I'm thinking that the Law of Diminishing Returns is asserting itself in a big way. The attacks have just been non-stop and relentless. After a while the public just gets numb to all the shrillness and hysteria and affected outrage.
It's like living next to an airport. At first the jet noise keeps you awake at night and makes itself a big presence in your life. After you've been hearing it for several months, it just fades into the background and you don't even notice it. The jets are just as noisy, it's just that you're used to the racket.
The Fraudcast Media thought that they could win the 2000 election, but they lost. With their grip on the gate slipping away with each passing minute, they've decided on an all-out full-court press - Tom Brokaw on NBC timed his retirement so that he could make one last-gasp try at winning the 2004 election. On all the nets, all pretense of objectivity has been tossed aside - and I agree with you that it will backfire as even the average apolitical Joe Sixpack can see how blatantly they're bashing the Prez. They are turning Dubya into the underdog - and you know how people feel about underdogs being kicked when they're down.
But wait. It's going to get even MORE shrill with each passing month - as they lay it on as thick as they can and Dubya's poll numbers go up despite it. And they will fail to see the cause and effect.
Michael