Degs: If it were just you as a leftist thinking there was one kind of bias and me as a conservative thinking it was the opposite, you'd be right.

Unfortunately, that isn't the case. It is you being obtuse, and every survey of media practitioners you can find showing they favor one side over the other. It is commentators like Chris Matthews getting "goose pimples" over Obama. It is ostensibly "centrist" news coverage using forged documents about G.W. Bush's National Guard record, and making no attempt to confirm them.

But let's look at real numbers from a "conservative biased" (your words) outlet: The Washington Post:

The op-ed page ran far more laudatory opinion pieces on Obama, 32, than on Sen. John McCain, 13

The number of Obama stories between Nov. 11, 2007, and the election, was 946, compared with McCain's 786.

From June 4 to Election Day, the tally was Obama, 626 stories, and McCain, 584. Obama was on the front page 176 times, McCain, 144 times; 41 stories featured both.

Counting from June 4, Obama was in 311 Post photos and McCain in 282. Obama led in most categories. Obama led 133 to 121 in pictures more than three columns wide, 178 to 161 in smaller pictures, and 164 to 133 in color photos. In black and white photos, the nominees were about even, with McCain at 149 and Obama at 147. (That doesn't tell the whole story, however. On Aug. 3, the disparity was much wider, and the ombudsman pointed this out, requiring the newsroom to make a concsious effort to balance forward. It is safe to assume they'd have made no effort if this hadn't happened)

(source: Washington Post Ombudsman Deborah Powell)

Of course, WaPo is by no means the only outlet, but the Project for Excellence in Journalism did a more nationwide examination. It found that from June 9, when Clinton dropped out of the race, until Nov. 2, 66 percent of the campaign stories were about Obama compared with 53 percent for McCain. The same study showed that 36 percent of the stories written about Obama were positive stories compared to 14 percent being positive about McCain.

All these numbers show the bias -- you'll discount them.

The Congress represents a majority of the voters. If it doesn't reflect the underlying population it is because people chose not to vote. Presumably you like the current legislature's composition -- is it also non-representative?