McCain may be the media darling but he is also the American poll darling. He wins hands down WITH Giuliani as the front runner. Things may change by 2007 but right now this is the way it stands.
I wouldn't deny that, but how would those polls look if you filtered out the people who can't or won't vote in the primaries?
Ah, yes.
The polls.
Signifying name recognition.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Hillary tops her polls too, but do not try to sell me that she's a guarentee. Warner has low name recognition but he'll be a force in their primaries.