The old "They all do it" cop-out . . . just be cynical and you won't have to burn out any synapses actually thinking.The Republican Party is the party of the
richmiddle class.The Democratic Party is the party of the poor as provided by the rich in order to distinguish themselves from the middle class.
None of the senators are poor, but the richest senators are all Democrats. The Democratic Party gets fewer contributions but larger ones than the Republican Party.
Journalists are sympathetic to the Democratic Party, criticizing it only from the left--thereby positioning the Democratic Party "in the middle." This makes publicizing the virtues of the Republican Party or the flaws of the Democratic Party difficult.
But don't strain your brain, "both sides do it."
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Enligthen me, did I miss the Republican party yelling foul over this? Did I miss them demanding, pointing fingers, and bulling the Democrats into passing effective legislation to insure it doesn't happen again? So why haven't they? Because they whimp out on any confrontation with Democrats.