Murdoch plays Democrats for fools.

Labor kept getting shot down until Tony Blair won over Murdoch. I am not saying this is a good thing, I am just saying that Murdoch knows a sinking ship when he sees one.

all we need is for Murdoch to refrain from propping up McSame.

Let’s assume you’re right about Murdoch and let’s not even get into the fact that Blair and Obama are not the same in terms of fundamentals (e.g., qualifications, experience, leadership, political savvy, etc.). A media that went all-out to glorify Obama and demonize Clinton, utilizing the most potent bigotry, misogyny, didn’t result in Obama winning with Democratic voters in battleground or even big GE states and yet you think Murdoch could sway the election for Obama who’s already bleeding out?

Also: the right-wing base feeds off of resentment of the “liberal” media so even if the media were biased in favor of Obama, it would backfire.

Probably just a coincidence that so many Republicans, both big and small, jumped onto the Obama bandwagon right as it was becoming clear that the GOP was losing credibility with the voting public and could lose power completely.

It’s no wonder really that we’re having a split in the blogosphere over values like the malign acceptance of sexism. Cole was a Republican and is still a conservative. Ditto Andrew Sullivan. Aravosis was also a Republican I believe. So was Kos. Until recently, Democrats and Republicans fought at the edges of the Constitution, what Bush has done is outside the mainstream of acceptable behavior or was. Look at some of the people appalled - Bob Barr, for example. These aren’t liberals, just people who believe in what used to be agreed on about the constitution (e.g. the President is not above the law).

That has papered over the fact that opposition to Bush is not the same thing as being a liberal or progressive.

What I fear is that we’re going to see a two party system develop in which the GOP is the lawless Bush folks and the Dems become the new Republicans because of the influx of old Republicans who are either fed up with Bush or who are corporatists who don’t care and just want power (Murdoch).

I should add that worrying about this does not mean I think Obama himself is necessarily on board with Murdoch’s agenda (whatever it is). I think Obama is someone whose natural tendencies towards compromise makes him someone they think they can work with. Whether he realizes that or simply doesn’t question why anyone would look at a first term Senator with 2 years experience and think you’re the guy, I have no idea.

And while I’ve grown to dislike Obama, it’s the “movement” and my questions about what’ behind it (the money, the organized on-line campaign, the red state caucuses) that make this different than other elections.

I know I sound paranoid, but that’s because in my experience the GOP ratfuckers have been out to get me.

between the size of the warchest and media support for the candidate. Your comments are spot on BDB, which is why I don’t think the MSM is going to rally to McCain and why Murdoch is probably already leaning for the faux Democrat. The Watergate rule applies: Follow the Money.

Wish I knew more about the levers of power to understand why the media follows the money, but I’m sure one of the cognoscenti here can give it a whirl. For a company like GE, it would be obvious. As for the other media titans, obviously something like the Telecom Act would be an enticement, but beyond specific gifts like that, what’s the incentive, beyond, of course, the usual suspects of statutes, appointments, contracts, and, oh yeah, wars.