A Democratic congresswoman, Gwen Moore, has said that Governor Scott Walker is “tightening the noose, literally, around African Americans.”

The word “literally” reminds me of Vice President Biden — who, during the last presidential campaign, told a largely black audience in Virginia, “They’re going to put y’all back in chains.” The “they” was Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.

It is often said that Republicans have a “tone problem.” I never thought this was true, but this year, our frontrunner is calling a newswoman a bimbo bleeder, etc.

Be that as it may: Can the “mainstream media” acknowledge that the Democrats have a tone problem? Or no?