Regarding Liberal Bias:

People complain that academia and the press have a liberal bias.  That's true, but no one seems to be asking the important question:  "Why?"  Think about it a second.  Where do we find the largest concentration of our society's most intelligent and highly educated people, people who have undergone years of training to critically evaluate evidence and determine its meaning or significance?  In academia.  It seems to me that to dismiss their conclusions as simply a "liberal bias" is the height of foolishness.  Likewise, what group, outside of the members of government themselves, are best informed about what goes on in Washington and elsewhere?  The press.  It is their job to gather information and, once again, to evaluate it.  Neither group is naive.  Far from it.  So, if these two groups favor liberal ideas, shouldn't we take them very, very seriously?  These are the people who have the knowledge and intelligence to best assess the ideas offered by our politicians.  What do they gain by favoring poor ideas? 

And Rick Santorum makes it very clear that the GOP appeals to the ignorant!  http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/freedom-from-facts/