24 & G.O.P.

Being rather unfamiliar with American politics, I had some difficulty getting the meaning of the 'G.O.P.' derided by Paul Krugman.

Nonetheless, enlightenment can still come quite unexpectedly. 'And the parties are, of course, being promoted heavily by Fox News.' Krugman wrote, and I suddenly realize that why 24, the TV series that I happen to come to love, happens to be a Fox product. It now seems clear why the show happens to feature a lot of torture of terrorist suspects (rightly suspected by the hero), why the government that tries to shut CPU down is wrong, and how stupid the FBI agents who play by the rules are. It seems less clear, though, why the current 24 president is so stubborn and inept that she is almost certainly the clone of the 2001~08 president, although her female status still gives us a hint that the role was designed to create an on-screen Clinton.