I wish I could think that's all there was to it, but I'm not buying that it was solely the media. No one on either side of the aisle has extraordinary respect for the MSN. The fact that the “media” has devolved to a visual art just made it easier (and more profitable) to make money from a “young, hip black man”. Nope, I think the blame rests squarely on the shoulders of the voting public. What worries me (and I think a growing number of those on the left) is that they “trusted” their party to vet this guy, and it didn't. Now, I think most Democrats are thinking they backed the wrong horse in the election (and that filly is all to happy to prove them right), and they may well BE right. It's a pretty sad state of affairs when the Clintons are looking like the last, best hope. (Let's not forget those Budhist nuns, giving the Chinese access to Los Alamos -- oh, geez, the list is to long for a post). There was no vast right-wing conspirator poking them with a pitchfork to make them do what they did.
I don't want anybody else in office who can compartmentalize their lack of discipline, lack of integrity and playing fast and loose with the rules, and think they can run the country. Anybody who thinks the running of the USA is a turnkey operation that pretty much runs itself is an idiot and we can't afford any more idiots in Washington.