The media wanted us to vote for Rudy!!!! What planet did you live on last year, the media IGNORED Rudy! They most-certainly did not want him as their candidate. In fact they wanted McCain and they got McCain and he stupidly thought the love-fest would continue; I suspect no one is more stunned at them turning on him than John McCain. Good grief Mort and Fred were gushing for months on The Beltway Boys how McCain was the guy... even before he was chosen, and then Mort turned on him on a dime...
It's interesting how perceptions of which candidate was being thrust upon us vary ... but the fundamental remains: the media tried very hard (and succeeded) to influence the GOP primaries, in a manner harmful to the GOP.