I’m concerned about that as well. I expect to vote for Romney on Super Tuesday, but I agree with your concerns. Romney should be treated as a front runner, but instead they said he was almost dead in MI when in fact he leads in delegates. This is a HUGE win for McCain. Had Romney pulled a solid second place, or at least distanced himself from Fred and the other also rans, he could get some more cred, but as it is, they discount Romney’s wins and McCain gets the underdog status to carry him. That said, McCain’s earning it.
It would make NO difference if Romney had distanced himself from Fred in SC. Fred is considered dead whether he is or not, and beating dead people isn’t considered newsworthy.
Romney is the only candidate who has taken MAJORITIES in any of our contests, and he’s done so in TWO contests now. He also has the highest winning percentage in a primary, AND the most absolute votes in a primary.
Only because the media loves McCain, the candidate who has been winning by larger numbers, has absolute majorities in 2 of 6 races, is leading the delegate count, and has won the “head-to-head” matchups in neighbor-states (lost by 5% in New Hampshire, wone by 30% in Nevada), is that candidate still considered an also-ran.