I know I'm making a judgement based on only the Pilot episode, but I find it strangely coincidental that every Washington politician whose brain has been eaten is a Republican, and that this caused a change of majority party (so it's 2012) and that the Democrats have been exiled to the basement of the Capital building where the ants cannot enter through an open window.
I was looking for a good quirky SF show, and instead I think what we are getting is one-sided and heavy-handed political satire in an election year.
All we need now is a brash populist Republican candidate (with ants for brains) and a heroic female Democratic candidate for President.
As if this was not enough, we also know that Madam Secretary, wherein a blonde, slim, and ever-so-clever Secretary of State, newly selected to be the VP running mate of the incumbent (but doomed) President, will triumphantly help him win the election, and then assume office upon his untimely demise, and decisively demonstrate how cleverly she can run the country, all in the first five episodes of Season 3 that occur before the November 6th election later this year.
....all while garbed in the same expensive Armani suits that Hillary loves. CBS has never been subtle about politics. I remember when Commander In Chief died an untimely death because a black man got the Democratic candidacy rather than a clever woman.
Before that I remember years of The West Wing where they used hindsight to second guess every decision of a Republican President.
I know that such political programming is aimed at people who never watch the news and will make up their minds on who to vote for the week or the day before November 6th, but this is tiresome for people who actually can think, and regularly do so.
