If the MSM seems to be favoring a Republican candidate, you can be sure they have some dirt that they are waiting to use in the General....
Conversely, they have nothing on Thompson and Hunter, so they ignore them.
Exactly, but it is more than just the MSM. The Democrats and leftist moonbats also know McCain and Huckabee being the most Liberal of the Republican candidates are also the most most likely to keep Republicans at home in November. It is the same reason Fred Thompson is being made to look insignificant, because he is the most conservative and electable.