Warning: Political Content ahead. Read at your own risk.

So I just read an interesting editorial over at Washington Times by Andrew Breitbart.

I think Mr. Breitbart has some very good comments. Myself, I think it's a travesity that the current ecomonic crisis is being pinned on "Bush's economic policies". I think some democrats are exagerating the power of the President to affect a world economy, both in the past and in the future. (That thought, BTW, is why I am merely "highly concerned" and not "Katie, bar the door" freaked out at the impending doom ...er... Obama administration)

What piqued my interest, however, is this comment.

If Barack Obama is elected the next president of the United States on Tuesday, I
hope the Republican Party and conservatives take the higher road. The republic
cannot handle another four years of undeclared civil war while we have real
enemies out there to fight.

While this is true and necessary, why is it that the conservatives are the ones that need to "take the high road"? I think the answer is two-fold. First, for whatever reason, the majority of media (and by media, I mean network and cable TV news, newspapers/magizines, and TV and movie actors, writers and directors) are biased toward the Democratic wing of the government (and the left-wing of the Democratic party). For more information on that, please read this also interesting column. Because of this, the democratic party has a monopoly on framing the debate. The question isn't "Did the President's ecomonic policies contribute to this current economic crisis?" or even "Did John McCain's ecomonic initiatives attempt to prevent this crisis?". The debate has been framed as "How will the next President's policies be different from the failed, evil, silly, *Insert derogatory adjective here* Bush policies?"

Second, the conservative side is represented by Talk Radio. It could be argued that Talk Radio had flourished because of the bias in the media. On the other hand, it could also be argued that the media has turned harder left to counter Talk Radio. Talk Radio started out great, and still has a lot of good providers. There is definitely a market for conservative comments and observations. However, it's success has also led to the negatives. Some personalities have over inflated egos, probably because they see themselves as right and everyone else in the media is wrong, which has a grain of truth in it. People like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck have sought to create cults of personality and mutual admiration societies where those who agree are accepted and those who don't are branded idiots or worse. Their commentary has devolved to a constant hum that only serves to annoy those across the aisle. The idea that conservative ideals can stand alone intellectually if they are just explained is lost in a chorus of Ditto-Heads and fanboys.

Of course, the alternative is for the Republicans to back off and let Obama and Co work the country into a crippling decade-long depression. But I beleive the GOP has too much integrity for that. Besides, if the Dem's get their 60 seats in the Senate, it won't matter what the Republicans do, will it?