I think the media are playing the same game now that they played in 1980. They are failing to report the truth in an attempt to prop up a very unpopular President who they like but ordinary people despise. I remember the Carter years. In 1980 I never believed that Carter had a snowball’s chance in hell of winning. Nobody I knew liked Carter and most people I talked to loathed him, much like the people I talk to loathe Obama today. I am very glad that Reagan was the nominee because he is who we needed in 1980 but I think that any of the Republicans could have won against Carter that year. The MSM polling organizations reporting Carter leading in early 1980 simply started telling the truth towards the end of the 1980 campaign in an effort to preserve what remained of their credibility. I suspect the same will happen later this year.
“I am very glad that Reagan was the nominee because he is who we needed in 1980 but I think that any of the Republicans could have won against Carter that year.”
Reagan ran against two opponents: Carter, and the RINO “elite.” The RINOs would rather have seen him lose, and if they had defeated Reagan and put up their own candidate, that candidate would have lost.