[mjolnir]

I don't think that's it, even though I agree the Republicans are going to hold both houses. It seems to me Brit is simply making his best effort to be an objective journalist by going the extra mile to be fair, to avoid becoming a conservative version of some latte sipping MSNBC moonbat. He's relied on polls like those by Fox all along, so for him to stop now would be an arbitrary and therefore shady thing to do in his (steel trap) mind.

Questions about poll bias, either systemic or intentional, against Republicans, are interesting, but that's the kind of thing Brit would only throw out after having devoted hard research to the question.

Brit would never encourage a "Republicans will deserve to lose unless they do x" meme as some radio hosts and print pundits have done, only to now recoil in horror at the results of their efforts as they realize what a Democratic majority would really mean. He's too serious for that.

But by the same token, he's going to do his best not to be a cheerleader, either; it's a limitation of his position and his respect for it... That's why sometimes a Rush Limbaugh, who has no such limitations, is on occasion a better source of information. For example, as a fair and objective journalist, Brit felt today he had to give Kerry some benefit of the doubt. Rush, on the other hand, in this instance does not have to worry about being objective, so he can call it like it is: of course Kerry meant to say what he did about the troops--- he'd said the same sort of thing before.

[LibLieSlayer]

There is one problem... Brit has changed dramatically in the last year. That is undeniable. You may have made salient points, but the underlying fact is that Brit is not the independent thinker he once was allowed to be.

LLS

[syriacus]

Sometimes a Rush Limbaugh, who has no such limitations, is on occasion a better source of information.

I agree. I listen to Rush more often than I used to. He can present the facts without giving libs half of the air time.

I am tired of wasting my time listening to lying libs on Fox News. I want a "conservative" TV channel, which has lib guests, but doesn't let libs take over the discussions or leave lib lies unchallenged.

[maryz]

For example, as a fair and objective journalist, Brit felt today he had to give Kerry some benefit of the doubt.

The more I think about it, the more I conclude that there is no benefit of the doubt to be given. Even if (and it's a big "if" since it took Kerry's people two days to come up with the explanation) it's true that the joke should have read "get us stuck in Iraq," the only reason that would be a punch line (however) weak, is that it would still depend on the Vietnam draft meme of "study, or you'll be drafted" for its "punch" instead of stating it directly, as Kerry indubitably did. In either case, it's in there.