The cast is professional and believable. The answer, of course, is that there couldn't possibly be a Republican version. Liberals can do drama well and conservatives can't. There are, of course, exceptions to every rule, but, generally, when liberal politics intersects with dramatic entertainment, the results can be pretty good. Liberalism and conservatism each have distinct roles to play in civil society, and this explains why one makes for drama and the other makes for comedy.
Democracies change, historically speaking, at a very fast pace.
But it is always fighting to move beyond the status quo. And eventually liberalism wins because the status quo does change. Her father has just shown her a position paper that Lowe had once written advocating school choice and, like any good member of the National Education Association, she is furious. The two wage a pointed debate on the merits of vouchers and she becomes exasperated that he can be such a Neanderthal. Of course he doesn't support school choice.