Oh, *that* liberal media: After we're constantly told that the Koch brothers are evil for spending money on right-wing interests, we're told that left-winger Tom Steyer is a "superhero...deploying truckloads of money against the enemy"

Tom Steyer, Climate-Change Batman - Bloomberg Businessweek

He’s advertising his willingness to swoop in and help Massachusetts Democrats defeat a foe—but only if they ask him to. This will short-circuit any further talk of him as a pushy out-of-stater meddling in others’ affairs. In fact, it positions him as a sort of Batman for friends of a healthy planet. He is standing vigilantly by, ready to help, but only if the local citizenry sends up the Bat Signal.

Given the tight race, I imagine some of them will, if they haven’t done so already. Steyer has made clear that he is committed to getting involved in national politics in a major way, so his role in Massachusetts will bear watching—and not just because of the effect it could have on this contest. In politics these days, the people often regarded as superheroes don’t wear a cape and tights. Instead, they have steroidally large bank accounts and no compunction about deploying truckloads of money against the enemy.