Big developments, as the MSM & Dems try to hush it all up.

When Rudy was winning these polls, we all rightly noted that what people THINK in one party about electability is mostly a matter of the salesmanship of the media.

I believe this poll just reflects that. And might put to rest the oft-claimed ‘bias’ that some claim the “media” has against Thompson, which they suggest shows they are “scared” of him.

Contrary to that, in my opinion, I believe the media has given a lot of good press to Fred and how he appeals to a wide range of people. That has led to the average republicans believing he can be elected.

Contrast to the media’s approach to Romney, supposedly much more “moderate” and therefore more likeable for the media than the strong conservative Thompson.

Not a week goes by without another two or three articles about how Romney can’t get the vote of conservatives, can’t get the vote of evangelicals, can’t get the vote of southerners. The media has drummed into the heads of republicans that Romney is unelectable.

And the poll reflects that work.

So maybe the poll is accurate, and we should be electing Rudy because he’s the most electable still. Or maybe we should view the poll for what we’ve ALWAYS viewed it, NOT a statement of fact, but the “report card” the media uses to see how well they are pushing their preferred candidate on the republican party.

If I am right, we just have to figure out why the media is selling us Thompson, and whether it’s because the media is WRONG about him (it’s quite possible that the media could THINK Thompson’s someone they like, but turn out he’s not, that he is what we want).

If you think of media-driven polls as a report card the media uses to see how well they are getting out their message, the polls make a lot more sense.

The media likes to try to pick our candidate. I remember when they pushed McCain over Bush.

RUDY COULDN'T EVEN BEAT BLOOMBERG

A bigger development is Huckabee cleaned up (Romney did well also) at the FRC conference, but Fred Thompson did marginally better then Giuliani in the straw poll.

Thompson did not impress at the FRC.