[thecodont]

I think we all know that the strategy was to accept McCain's eligibility in order to remove the issue of Obama's eligibility at the same time. This is why they seriously covered McCain but ignored and then mocked coverage of Obama.

Good analysis.

Why wasn't McCain's eligibility an issue in the 2000 election? If it could have been dealt with then, McCain wouldn't have been a candidate in 2008, and thus could not have been used by BO to "mask" his own lack of eligibility.

[Political Junkie Too]

Why wasn't McCain's eligibility an issue in the 2000 election? If it could have been dealt with then, McCain wouldn't have been a candidate in 2008...

Because in 2000 McCain was useful to the MSM as a foil against Bush, and the MSM didn't want to upset the "Maverick Straight-Talk Express" story with the inconvience of an eligibility fight.

-PJ