Remember 2010 when the news media hated the tea party but recognized their growing stature? They tried hard to spin the tsunami as an anti-incumbency movement. This was followed by "the coffee party" and "no labels" movement. Remember them?
Media sympathetic to the political class (which is to say almost all of them) recognize that the Obama Administration is a train wreck of epic proportions. Of course, they have touted this guy and his loyalists every step of the way. Every time he has gotten in a mess, the media have covered for their messiah. They have done damage control for over five years now.
The media have to be right and the administration's critics have to be discredited. How does one square the circle? It's a new trend of bipartisan populism. Salena Zito proposes James Webb and Joe Manchin as the new faces of this nebulous trend. She even touts Webb as a potential presidential candidate in 2016. Which party do Webb and Manchin belong to?
Maybe Zito has a point. Maybe it will require a "blue dog" to unify the country. The problem is that the Dems have purged and starved all moderates. Manchin barely got elected in a Democratic state and Webb is retired. The media will do anything to save face, thus we have Salena Zito.
A new wave of populism:
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