As I said, this really needs to be a campaign issue because of the unfairness.
The narrative is being written as we are looking at the New Hampshire Primary results. It doesn't matter all that much whether McCain wins it, though he probably will. ANY showing by McCain, unless he somehow gets trounced by Thompson or Paul, will be considered a victory.
Note this from Warren Rudman, still true today:
WARREN RUDMAN: Of course it's true. They've not gone easy, but if you want to use the word slobber, I'll take slobber. But let me tell you why. You covered it in your opening. I've traveled on that bus. Several of the people here have traveled on that bus. It's remarkable -- unprecedented access -- not mealy-mouthed campaign bite answers. Ask a question, get an answer. But most of all, the press has watched him at 114 town meetings in New Hampshire answer every question and they've respected this guy and they like him.
A nastier word for this is corruption. It was lucky for our dictator he had Karl Rove and his dirty tricksters knock media darling McCain off in South Carolina.
That's not going to happen this time, I'm afraid. I don't think any of McCain's opponents have taken him to task on this.
They should.
