No. The media covered them straight because they were presumed candidates. Once McCain shook up his staff over the summer of 2007, the media swoon over McCain started, and his stock rose in NH, from there, it grabroad
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Personally, I thought Obama was a lock since his 2004 speech. [/qurabroad
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No. Hillary led the polling until the media swoon in regards to Obama's announcement speech started.
The point is that in the last thirty years, a candidate hasn't been elected without a strong media bias in their favor. The media chooses the candidates and then chooses the winners and losers.