[oblomov]

>> I don’t recall too many media conservatives holding a similar long-standing grudge against the President for his part in limiting their speech.

Really? You must not have spent much time on FR over the past seven years.

McCain-Feingold, NCLB, and Medicare pt D were the three colossal errors of GWB’s first term.

[Antoninus]

McCain-Feingold, NCLB, and Medicare pt D were the three colossal errors of GWB’s first term.

But people would still vote for Bush, and the conservative media still generally support him, whereas they are ferociously against McCain.

There's a certian amount of cognitive dissonance there that must have a source that we're not consdering. This article proposes a source.