O'Malley announces presidential candidacy

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Eh, he's not going too far, in my estimation.

Wow, going out on a limb there?

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Endorsed of course.

Haven't you endorsed like 5 other candidates? What about poor Jim Webb?

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Republicans tend to be mistaken in assuming the media is biased against them in general. What they're really biased against is hardcore SoCons that base their entire political career on "moral issues" such as Huckabee, Santorum, Bachmann, etc. The mainstream media hates SoCons almost as much as they hate Hillary Clinton, she gets it worse since she gets pounded from all sides of the media (left, right, and center) whereas at least the right wing media outlets tend to defend their SoCons. Overall, the media has no problem with "mainstream" (real or perceived) Republicans. Just look at the constant media adoration that Cory Gardner received in 2014 or that Marco Rubio has been getting the past few years for proof of that.

Of course, the betrayal and villainization of John McCain would seem to be a counter example, but that was only because he went up against the media's golden boy. If Hillary was the nominee in 08, I bet they would've been in the tank for "the maverick."