McCain and Press " may walk on water right into the White House"

[angie_love]

"Reporters routinely attach “maverick,” “straight talker” and “patriot” to him like Homeric epithets. Chris Matthews of MSNBC has even called the press “McCain’s base” — a comment that Mr. McCain himself has jokingly reiterated. The mainstream news media by and large don’t cover Mr. McCain; they canonize him. Hence the moniker on liberal blogs: St. McCain."

"The answer, which says a great deal about both the political press and Mr. McCain, may be that he is something political reporters really haven’t seen in quite a while, perhaps since John F. Kennedy." GAG

"Yet the reporters, so quick in general to jump on hypocrisy, seem to find his insincerity a virtue. When an old sobersides like Mitt Romney flip-flops, he is called a panderer. When Mr. McCain suddenly supports the tax cuts he once excoriated, or embraces the religious right, or emphasizes border security over a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, we are told by his press acolytes that he doesn’t really mean it, that his liberal cosmology will ultimately best his conservative rhetoric. “Discount his repositioning a bit,” Jacob Weisberg, the editor of Slate, wrote two years ago, “and McCain looks like the same unconventional character who emerged during the Clinton years.” The article was subtitled “Psst ... He’s Not Really a Conservative.”

This suggests that love is blind. It also suggests that seducing the press with ironic detachment, the press’s soft spot, may be the best political strategy of all — one that Mr. McCain may walk on water right into the White House."


WTF!!!!!! Should we all just fucking give up now if we know the media is going to do its best to help McCain get to the whitehouse? The media have the ability to RIP our democratic candidate in half and keep McCain on a pedestal. And trust me, the media plays a BIG role on who we elect as president. The way the media drools over him like hes a god b/c he gives them attention is fucking sick.

[DJ13]

1. McCains popularity with the press wont matter to Obamas campaign

They had to deal with the inevitable candidate that could never lose already.

All through the first 11+ months of 2007 the press had already annointed Hillary as the Democratic nominee, so they're prepared to deal with this.

[melody]

2. Clinton didn't make the grade so now they're going to try to shove McCain through

Depending upon whether Clinton finally makes the decision to drop out in a timely fashion, he may or may not win. If she stays in, he wins.