TPM Reader EF has their number ...

Republicans' control over our national political narrative cannot be overstated. I can't count the number of times a candidate who wasn't an effete urban sissy was described as being "different that the typical Democrat." Tester, Shuler, Ellsworth, McCaskill, etc., etc. The media has so completely adopted the GOP's cultural frame it's hard to even see it for what it is. We will be running uphill until we address this.

So true. I think Candy Crowley was maybe the worst offender. But, hey, we had CNN on at the office.