Mea Culpa?

I heard Rush talking yesterday about ABC's Mark Halperin and his admission regarding the old media's liberal bias. Say, there's a bit of news, huh? You can read the story here. I have to admit I'm viewing this "admission" with quite a bit of wariness. If you read down a little further, you will see that one of the commenters has done quite a bit of homework on Mr. Halperin and his father, who is to the left of Brezhnev. Don't get me wrong, what Halperin says is right on the money, it's just kinda weird to see a member of the Left admitting their bias. He IS trying to sell a book, that might have just a tad to do with it.

I'd like to thank Jim for his election update below...from your fingers to God's ears!

JASmius adds: Don't thank me - it's just what the (bias-adjusted) numbers say. If you want steroidal optimism, try Dean Barnett yesterday - he thinks Republicans are going to gain in the Senate, including either Rick Santorum holding on in Pennsylvania or Debbie Stabenow getting knocked off in Michigan. And this from the same guy that was ready to stick a fork in the GOP not two weeks ago.

I do concur with Barnett on the reasons why, though:

There’s also the little matter that as we enter the last twelve days of the campaign, the Democratic holster is empty. What else can they come up with? Another New York Times leak of a[nother] classified document? Another “gay” Republican? Maybe Frank Rich will write a column a week from Sunday comparing Bush once more to a movie.

The problem for the Democrats right now and their abettors in the media is that they’ve puked up so much bile, the public has chosen to look away. If the New York Times were to leak yet another classified document, the Republican base would become more motivated while the independents who don’t pay attention to politics would roll their eyes, sensing that the act has gone stale.

That's what you get when you have no agenda you can field honestly and nobody to sell a dishonest cover for it. As well as thinking that simply bashing the other side incessantly ought to be enough to get you elected. It's the same mistake that John Kerry made in 2004 and the Dems made in the 2002 midterms. All constant pissing in the face of the other side demonstrates is that you have a bottomless bladder and fairly decent aim; it may make the other guy wet and stinky, but it does nothing to remove the stench of bile from your own person. And after the other guy has cleaned himself up, he'll be presentable again; but you'll still stink.

It's that ideological hygiene problem that is keeping the Donks from the power they rabidly overcrave. Until they hit the showers themselves, spreading the whiff around will get them nowhere.

Hillary's 2008 delousing campaign notwithstanding....