Media drives the McCain bus

Sure, I hammered Mitt Romney yesterday. But today is another day. And a beautiful one at that, because while I am giving him a boost (via Mattew Yglesias), I actually get to hammer John McCain AND the Beltway Media.

This morning, Mitt Romney had more delegates than John McCain. Following today's primaries, Romney's lead has grown even larger because Nevada has more delegates than South Carolina and Romney won a larger proportion of the vote in NV than McCain got in South Carolina. Naturally, the press is declaring this a big win for McCain. I just saw Howard Fineman explain that "there is no longer any strong candidate in the race" to oppose McCain. Nobody but the guy who's leading, that is.

The media pundits from the Washington D.C. beltway absolutely love Saint McCain. And it looks like they don't care for Romney. Just watch ... everything that happens in the campaign over the next few weeks will be bad news for Romney and great news for McCain, according to these pundits.

A news reporter rises to the occasion ...

I found this confrontational exchange between Mitt Romney and Associated Press reporter Glen Johnson fascinating. Take a good look at the expression on the Mittster's face when the reporter challenges his assertion in public. Dan Savage blogs about it here:

"The reporter sitting on the floor putting actual, tough, reality-based questions to Romney is AP reporter Glen Johnson—and someone ought to pin a medal on him. Romney lied, Johnson called him on it. He didn’t run off and find a Democrat or a rival for the GOP nomination to “dispute Romney’s claim.” He reacted the way any reporter—any person—ought to react when they’re being lied to."

I found the reporter's assertiveness refreshing compared to the actions of many other reporters covering the presidential campaigns. Martin Schram in the Sacramento Bee shares similar feelings.

UPDATED: I exchanged the initial YouTube video I posted with one that better explains why Mitt Romney's statement was so disingenuous. Of course, all of the campaigns have lobbyists attached at their hips, but Slick Mitt tries to say he is above that sort of thing. He will say anything to anyone at any time if it will help him get elected.

UPDATE II: The name Barbara Comstock pops up in the video above as a close Romney advisor. Here is ... a brief history of Barbara Comstock's corrupt shenanigans.