Libertarians are neither. If anyone wanted proof of the rightward bent of the current state of reporting, I would invite them to sample the reporting from the last 8 weeks of the 2000 Presidential campaign. In report after report, in news outlet after news outlet, Gore was portrayed as a fabricator, a bully and a didact. W was portrayed as a well-meaning if sometimes a bit addled good ole boy whose lack of specific ideas and paucity of knowledge was hardly a strike against him. Your article on the Manhattan Institute was not as thoughtful as many you have written.
Many progressives think that most lawyers represent and encourage a selfish constituency.
This battle is represented as being the friends of business against 'The People'. As a member of the legislative staff for a politican, I can only state that this commentary not only is correct, but in practice the redistricting process is even more underhanded than most pundits realize. The map is not only drawn to favor Republicans over Democrats, but also to pit conservative Republicans over moderates. Notice how few moderates exist now. There will be even fewer after redistricting.