To be fair, there's no moderate Republicans either. But let's actually lay out what the problem really is in American politics. The 24 hour news cycle.
When there's nothing of interest to report, so 80% of the time, they still have to fill that space so they just resort to spinning something that is nothing into a major epic event. And depending on the journalist, it will be slanted one way or the other. Or if there's nothing to spin, just make some shit up. Case in point this week, Putin was in bed for a week with a flu, therefore the pundits are saying there's been a coup in the Kremlin. I mean really. And because this is the news now, it becomes a reality.