I keep telling my Democratic friends this. They don't get it when I tell them that the Republican Party is sometimes strengthened by the press' double standard.
The press coverage of Republicans weeds out our moral weaklings and keeps theirs in power. Bob Packwood (gone); Bill Clinton (further empowered, to the chagrin of the Dems)...
Interesting thought. Sorta like 'the north wind made the Vikings.' Bob Livingston another example?