You do realize Shep's just a newsreader, living off in his little liberal gay party-boy Manhattan milieu and thinking he's some kind of rogue Republican in that sewer?
We're not supposed to take his opinions quite so seriously. There are times when analysis isn't that useful since The Shep is a fucking idiot most of the time. Still, he's pleasant to watch and reads junior-high level news copy without stumbling too often.
My cavils aside, he's one of the few Faux people I can stomach watching any more.