The whole problem with American politics is that it is driven by money. Soundbites on TV are too expensive for the average joe six pack. Add to that the fact that most of the electorate have no clue about history, politics, religion, philosophy, finance or economics and all they know about politics is what they learned by watching the academy awards show.
People, E, Comedy Central, Letterman, Leno, and SNL...where America gets its news.
Part of me feels for them, though, because the alphabet news talking heads are universally believed to be rank partisans, and they are universally boring.
So, if you’re gonna listen to a rank partisan, anyway, it might as well be entertaining.