I meant it as a description of a liberal trick...if the Democrats SAY "Jeb might lose", "he's in trouble" (quoting a Zogby poll, which everyone knows can be skewed to reflect whatever the pollsters want), they may hope to plant that "Jeb=lose" in the voters' minds. I never implied this was a White House leak at all or that Drudge was anyone's mouthpiece. It might be a whisper campaign. "Jeb's in trouble" "He's going to lose" "McBride's the winner" in the hopes that this wish might become a reality at the polls.
The only problem with this is that these idiots were saying this as early as 2001 when the rumor that Reno was getting into the race got going. In fact, they've been saying this since the end of the 2000 election. Remember the business of getting Jeb as payback for Florida? What's changed about it now?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Drudge's big news breaks came from sources inside newsrooms. He broke Monica because of a disgruntled Newsweek staffer who was furious that Isikoff's story was killed (or delayed). Can you give me an example of any story that Drudge broke that came out of this White House? I think Drudge is now being used as a stooge for trial balloons and hoaxes.