Do the Dems (and the Media) Fear Rudy More Than McCain?

When Mike Huckabee was riding high after Iowa the press couldn't get enough of him. They almost seemed to be pushing his candidacy, and many of us felt they wanted him to win because they saw him as easily beatable in November.

Now it's John McCain who's getting all the glowing press coverage while Rudy Giuliani is being written off for dead. According to one report I saw the NY Times had actually removed Rudy from their elections page (though Fred Thompson was still there). Could it be that the media has thrown in with their favorite maverick because they see him as more easily defeated than Rudy? Dennis Prager seems to think so:

To the extent that I understand how most Republicans think, it would seem that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani comes closer to the Republican ideal than any of the other viable Republican candidates. They are all good and decent men who would be better for America than either of the Democratic front-runners. But it is difficult to see, from a conservative- and Republican-values perspective, what major shortcoming Giuliani brings as compared to the other candidates. And given the obsession of liberal news media with publishing negative reports about Giuliani and frequent praise of John McCain, it would appear that it is Giuliani whom Democrats most fear as the Republican presidential nominee.

Prager goes on to give many reasons why McCain would be a disaster for conservatives and Republicans, and why Rudy would better match the goals of most Republican voters. Read it here.

And a related article: Why McCain Must Be Stopped.