Thoughts On McCain's War Against The Media

Responding to my question -- Does the McCain campaign think that their ticket can win if they go to war with the press 60 days out? -- a campaign aide replies:  "Do you think they'll treat us any more unfairly?"

The McCain campaign's anger at the media is both genuine and contrived. Where are the stories about Joe Biden's lobbyist son? About Neal Kinnock? But nedia-bashing is the glue that binds the Republican Party together at this point. An energized conservative base will turn into Palin's best surrogate.

Sexism? We've not encountered a situation like this before, and so some of the questions are uncomfortable to ask, and maybe we are holding Palin to a different standard.  In some ways, the McCain strategy of noun-verb-gender card is getting tiresome, but the media seems to be backing off....even as Levi Johnson is now, because of Gov. Palin, in the spotlight. (Meg Whitman hasn't detected any sexism.)