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Stop Pretending the Race is Over

by: Douglas E. Lindner

Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 17:12:06 PM EST
So I was watching CNN's Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer today when I saw Wolf interviewing Donna Brazille and a Republican strategist about recent polls on a prospective general election between Hillary and Giuliani.  Bullshit!

I am sick and tired of seeing the media report on Hillary/Giuliani general election polls, or any general election polls, or saying the race is over, or saying a candidate has already won, or that there are only several candidates worth even mentioning, etc.

Enough.  The fourth estate doesn't get to choose the nominees.  The voters in Iowa, New Hampshire, and the rest of the country choose the nominees, and until a candidate has enough pledged delegates to be a majority in his/her party's convention, the media has no right to discount ANYONE, or to treat any candidate differently from any other candidate, from Hillary Clinton to Mike Gravel.  Anything less is a threat to democracy.
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Ike's worst nightmare (0.00 / 0)
Military-Industrial-Media Complex Party

SGS is Jack Mitchell of Lowell, MA. The symbolism of the "sleeping giant" is based on my HOPE for America.
Imagine, just 50 years ago, he was the standard-bearer of the REPUBLICAN Party! (0.00 / 0)

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A few things (0.00 / 0)
I agree essentially, but I think the coverage has been shaped by a few things.

1. Going in, the big stories were "Can Hillary win?" and "Will the GOP accept Guiliani?" and both of them have pretty much beaten back those storylines with disciplined, effective campaigns.

2. At several points, there were "This will shake up the race" moments, and each race stirred but never shook.

3. The length. We really don't know what the next couple of months will bring, and the press doesn't either. In theory it should be disadvantageous to be declared the frontrunner early in a race, so you could almost argue that the press is doing a disservice to the frontrunners.

Ah, you know what, you can't really argue that ...

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