In case you forgot, the media was around in 1994, and it was worse.
I'm not talking about slick-ass campaign ads that try to sell shinola. I'm talking about serious campaigning about real issues. Something like running good candidates, supporting thsoe that win the primaries (e.g. Katherine Harris in Florida) instead of dumping on them, and put forth sensible ideas that conservative voters (the majority in America) can get behind (like the contract for America).
Of course, that assumes when they are in office they do these sorts of things and don't pay lip service every other year in elections. This leads me to think that Dennis Hastert should be ousted, along with all current Republican leadership in the House, as they don't have a freakin' clue about what's going on.
The media hadn't a clue about 94, they were complacent, they did not actively campaign.
But the MSM got their sh#t together and defeated every piece of good leg that was proposed.
And then defeated the class of 94 two years later.
Republicans and Conservative in office can only pass what the MSM let's them pass.
The MSM are the gatekeepers, and the size of government will never decrease until we remove them.