[Enchante]

You are very likely correct about what will happen on Tuesday - as I’ve said on other threads I don’t claim any political prognostication expertise and don’t follow polling and demographics enough to know what is likely to happen in any of the “Super Tuesday” states. All I’m saying is that I think McCain has been helped considerably by a supine media that loves a “maverick” RINO (at least until the general election when they will drag out all his flaws).

Also, I agree with you that FReepers should strive to be fact-based and reality-based and not engage in (too much) wishful thinking, beyond the occasional entertaining fantasy of how we wish the world could be...... on that note I wish (1) that we had a real Reagan conservative leading the pack or in the race at all, and (2) that McCain’s candidacy was already fading to oblivion, and (3) that Shrillary and Obama would so damage each other in the primaries that neither would emerge as electable..... but I think I do realize that all of the above are fantasies for this time around.

[JasonC]

Thank you. I like your fantasies, those would be nice (lol). I think the media likes McCain for the most obvious of reasons - he is somewhat to the left of the rest of the Republican party and he occasionally sides with Dems, helping them pass things. The media wants the whole spectrum to drift leftward and they see the Republican party becoming a party of McCain as a likely way to do that. They might be wrong about that - conservative defection and such might drag it back, etc. But that is why they like him and build him up compared to other republicans. Not complicated.