Now that John McCain has disappointed his media “base” with his stalwart support for the war and the open advocacy of the socially conservative votes he has always cast, Chuck Hagel would be ideally suited to win the Chris Matthews Primary — playing the supposedly “straight-talking” anti-Republican Republican. Of course, with Barack Obama audaciously hoping all over the place, there may be no room for a media favorite on the Right, as the media are going to be unabashedly slobbering all over somebody on the Left.