You had to go beneath the fold of this morning’s Day to see a mention of a Democrat. The headline was all Rs, and the meanest, biggest, bestest R of them all was big John McCain, the maverick Republican from Arizona.Y ou know, he’s such a maverick that he complains a little before doing what he’s told. A picture of him and his trophy wife took up more real estate on the Day’s front page then all of the articles (pictures and text) about the Democrats.
John McCain would be DOA as a presidential candidate would it not be for one thing: the determination of the press corps to prop him up. Just as with Bush, circa 2000, the press will resist reporting on the true John McCain, while blithely reinforcing Republican talking points about whatever candidate we finally nominate. Luckily, the Dems, or at least some of them, are ready to push back, including Howard Dean, who is already beginning the attack. It’s going to take some doing, for as lapdog Chris Matthews has said: “ The press loves McCain. We’re his base, I think“.
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