i have to think that those in the media PREFER it when the other party is in power.
Ratings are surely a lot higher when the hosts can ATTACK all day, and their audience is pissed, emotionally involved, anrgy.
Compare that to when they actually win... and they have to spend the next 4 years carrying the water, defending all the bullshit they pull.
Keith Olbermann was an excellent attack dog, a terrible defender - he'd probably still have his job if daily palin attacking was his duty.