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I would prefer that Mitt Romney be widely seen as the inevitable candidate and undisputed front runner before Palin announces.

I want her to come in as the underdog, in fact it is revealing that she doesn’t really seem able to win that designation and that coverage even though the media on the surface, paints her as a nothing candidate.

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newsbusters:
Experience tells us that the Republican presidential candidate the media prefer is the one they believe is most easily defeated.

On this weekend's "Chris Matthews Show," seven of the twelve regulars said Mitch Daniels "has the best shot to overcome his obvious flaw" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

CHRIS MATTHEWS: We put it to the Matthews Meter, twelve of our regulars including Howard, Katty and Norah, “Which candidate has the best shot to overcome his obvious flaw?” Well this is surprising I guess. Seven said Mitch Daniels. Three said John Huntsman, two, one each for Mitt Romney and one for Pawlenty