@sqrl: His refusal disown or denounce people is all part of his act. It's part of his non-aggressive, non-committal image.
@lord: McCain was intelligent, the media didn't paint him out that way. They painted him like a bumbling idiot but it wasn't all their fault; and McCain gave them a lot to work with this election cycle - he ran a horrible campaign and made mistake after mistake.
The media (as in the news, not O'Reilly, Hannity, Mathews, or Olberman) didn't go out of their way to make anyone look good or bad , Shepard from Fox actually said it best, it's national sentiment and performance during the campaign.
My opinions of Bush are from his behavior over the last 8 years. My opinion of Palin is from her interviews before and after the election along with reading old news stories from Alaska.
The media didn't convince high level Republicans to endorse or semi-endorse Obama. Senators Lugar and Chuck Hagel, Collin Powell, and all the rest got to meet him and/or work with him. He won over democrats, from Lewis and Emil Jones Jr. to Richardson, Kerry, and Kennedy.
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
