Actually re: media favoritism, I remember reading something interesting a while ago about Hollywood... this came up around the time Frank Underwood was pushing for school vouchers, IIRC. Hollywood tends to make their political villains Democrats, if they have a party at all; they won't have them take Democratic positions, mind, but they'll be affiliated with the party. The reason they do this (apparently) is because the calls of bias are always, ALWAYS stronger from the Republicans; so, if they make the bad guy a Republican, they inevitably catch unnecessary shit. Democrats don't seem to mind that stuff as much, so as the villains they are cast. This leads to an unfortunate issue in the comparative mindset of the two groups, abig part of why we keep getting our asses kicked:
Democrats (broadly speaking) believe that they're voting for an issue, or they're voting for a person. They're voting for a solution through the process. Republicans are fighting a war. It's a war for the heart, soul, culture, etc. of America. They will excuse basically any sin committed in the name of that cause, because that's how people act when they're at war, and any assault (real or perceived) against them draws dire reprisals. As long as Democrats judge their leaders by dramatically different standards than Republicans, we're going to have dramatically reduced options.
