NPR, PBS, the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, 80% of all reporters, and most college professors aren't enough to get the word out for the Democrats, right? OpinionJournal pretty well nailed it.

One group of well-heeled Democrats "is toying with the idea of starting a liberal cable network." John Podesta, who served as Bill Clinton's chief of staff, "is discussing . . . the creation of a liberal version of the Heritage Foundation." Other Democrats and liberals are trying "to foster national liberal radio personalities" to counter the likes of Rush Limbaugh.



Well for crying out loud, guys, why not dare to dream big? American liberalism is pretty pathetic if its highest aspiration is to mimic Fox, Heritage and Rush. Here's a much more ambitious goal: Why not counter the vast right-wing conspiracy by taking over the "mainstream" media? And if it's research you want, maybe you should set your sights on America's system of higher education. If you could get liberals onto college and university faculties, they would have the opportunity to mold young minds as well as influence the political debate.

Imagine a world in which more than 80% of journalists vote Democratic, and in which left-liberal scholars vastly outnumber conservatives at colleges and universities across the country. It'd be a liberal dream, right?



Yesterday in response to this story, the Powerline blog was looking for a link to an old Bloom County comic that shows Opus, Bill and one or two other characters in their meadow next to a folding table with a telephone on it. On the folding table is a sign that says "KLIB." In the first panel Opus says something like: "We've decided to start a liberal talk show. We're going to take calls from people who think their taxes are too low and we need more government regulation." All of the remaining panels show the gang sitting silently by the telephone waiting for it to ring.

He couldn't find that particular stip but he does have a funny one on his page today. Man, I miss Bloom County. And Calvin and Hobbs. And the Farside. Sigh.