IF you believe the MSM are all powerful, explain why the Reps conrol the House, Senate and W.H.
The MSM can blame Reps all they like. They can cause public opinion to rise and fall. We still can win at the ballot box and THAT overrides everything else. Their power has been capped. They can no longer guarentee the ability to cost a politician a job because they are a conservative or a Republican.
I don't believe the MSM is all powerful, but in situations as this, they will indeed do a smear job against the Reps. Also, even though we control the three branches, do you honestly think the Reps would propose, say cutting back "Real" spending 5%? do you think they would fire 5% of the Federal workforce? Even though we control the three branches, spending has risen at a higher rate than under Clinton, Federal regulations are being promulgated every day. I see very little change now that we control the three branches.
The main thing to save this Republic is if Justices are put on the Court that believe in "strict original intent." The MSM is always ready "on the pounce" with any proposal by the Reps to reduce government. What the stupid Reps don't realize if they had the true spirit of the Founders they would pick, say the Dept of Education and de-fund it and fire all employees. There would be all kinds of screaming and crap from the MSM and parasites. But, in six months everyone wouldn't care, they would likely say, "huh, I guess we didn't need it." What the Reps need is a leader who truly understands what Liberty means and what limited government means. There is NO Rep in congress that truly respects the Constitution.