Sorry, don’t see McCain in 2008 being a Dole circa 96.
Dole ran a horrible campaign against a sitting President who the press carried complete water for.
This is 2008, the networks and newspapers aren’t exactly fans of Clinton this year, and they don’t have the clout and pull they did 12 years ago. On the flip side, of that equation, Talk Radio is not the sole voice on the Right any more either.
Thirdly, no 3rd party Perot showing up to allow a plurality election.
Except Bloomberg's there waiting in the wings.
MSM will get back in line once the Clintons are the Nominee Apparent. Any tidbit that was on an FBI file before 2000 will be dragged up and displayed 24/7 in MSM re: the Republican nominee, whoever it is and nothing that might be embarrassing to the Clintons will get more than a passing mention dismissing it as Old News.