Watching the ponderous Sunday old fogey shows ...

... may not give the viewer a clue as to which party won the election. When Bush 'won' did the Sunday shows load themselves up with out of power Democrats? Noooooo, they didn't.

... The Democratic Party won last election day. Not just a little--but decisively. Democrats now hold the White House and a (theoretically) filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and House. A whopping percentage of Americans not only support our (say it with me now, Democratic) president, but think the country is going in the right direction.

Pretty decisive, wouldn't you say? I'd call that a mandate...some actual political capital, if you will. So who would be the natural choices for Sunday's shows? Why, Newt Gingrich, John McCain and Dick Cheney! That's right, the old faces that have been thoroughly rejected by citizens will be on to talk about the new face of the GOP. ...

But, of course the networks are not trying to influence the outcome of political and legal issues. They are proud of their professionalism and independence. Of course they are ...