Of course, the "liberal" media is a myth...but one that enables the conservatives to rationalize the fact that their message doesnt sell.
Their first response after Tuesday's dramatic loss up and down the ballot was to proclaim that the country is still "center-right" ...another myth they continue to perpetuate in denial of the facts.
YouTube - Center-Right Country Watch: Conservatives Grasping At Straws
The country is "moderate" by most measures...leaning a bit more left than right on core issues (social agenda, tax fairness, health care, Iraq policy,...)
The Republican party has been hijacked by the social conservatie base at the exclusion of the other factions that once had a voice. Nearly every candidate the party ran for open seats in the House/Senate this year (and in 06) were from that base, having to pass a de facto litmus test from the evangelicals ..and most lost. The Democrats, on the other hand, mostly ran centrists rather than their own extremists on the left.
To compound their problem, the greatest accomplish of the Bush neo-cons was to further alienate mainstream moderate voters.
The party has lost it way since Gingirch was the party leader and knew how to balance the competing interests and appeal to those beyond the base.
The Repubilcan brand is in serious trouble. Pary leaders know it; they just havnt yet figured out how to respond in a way that will keep their social conservates happy while appealing again to the broader electorate.
I wish them well......not really.