The Press Loves John McCain
Joe Scarborough: the press “doesn’t seem to like Mitt Romney and whom I think every last one of them would move to Massachussets and marry John McCain if they could.”
Watch the video at Think Progress.
Meanwhile, TNR’s Jason Zengerle explains why the press loves McCain: “The simple explanation is: McCain affords the press access like no other candidate. In the McCain campaign, there’s no barrier between candidate and reporter. If you have a question for McCain, you don’t have to bother going to his press secretary; you simply go ask him.”
And then: “Speaking of McCain and the media, I was at a dinner tonight with various political reporters who are up here to cover the happenings, and it was pretty funny how giddy/relieved they were at the prospect of a McCain-Obama general election campaign, as opposed to, say, a Romney-Clinton one. Suddenly, the next 11 months of their lives look a whole lot more enjoyable.”
And they’re sure to make that happen, aren’t they?
Fascinating to see that they’re not even ashamed of it. They openly admit that they’re rooting for an Obama-McCain general election campaign.
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I have to agree with Joe. Most of the press on McCain has been very favorable compared to the coverage on Rudy, Romney and Hillary. Its great that McCain gives the press unlimited access, but I’d hate to see them anoint him as the nominee, which does seem to be what’s going on. They are positively drooling over him at MSNBC.