Jan 10

“Hillary Was Supposed to Win New Hampshire.” That was the title of a recent blog post from All Things Conservative. He begins his post with a long winded “I told you so.” After making a controversial call about the New Hampshire primary, it turned out that he was right. He uses his “political astuteness” to cement his further predictions. On his part, this was an excellent move; it lends credibility to the rest of his analysis. He claims that the media was the actual winner of the New Hampshire primary. He tells us that the media over exposed Obama, because it made for good “news.” After the primary, they touted Hilary as the "come from behind" winner, similar to Bill in 1992. All of campaigns these days seem to be controlled completely by the media, not by the issues. Hilary’s campaign was never in any real trouble, but going into the primary, she was thought to be far behind Obama. This is just the twisted lens of the media; telling us what to believe and who to vote for.

Later, he claims that Giuliani is in danger of becoming irreverent. Again blaming the media, he claims that Giuliani is barely being talked about, and may soon lose his chance at the race. And then McCain. He claims that McCain’s campaign was over months ago, and still says that McCain will not win the nomination.

One thing that intrigues me is the fact that for how much the blogger rags on the media, he seems to give little thought to the fact that he is a part of that media himself. I understand that being biased is part of being a conservative blogger (or blogger of any sort), but my hope is that they aren’t ignorant of this contorted view.