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John + the media =

TWO days before the South Carolina primary, John McCain held a rally outside his state campaign headquarters. The crowd was small, not even filling a 25-car parking lot. Where were McCain’s supporters? About a third of the people there, I figured, were reporters. Then I remembered: Those are his biggest supporters.

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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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John + the media =

TWO days before the South Carolina primary, John McCain held a rally outside his state campaign headquarters. The crowd was small, not even filling a 25-car parking lot. Where were McCain’s supporters? About a third of the people there, I figured, were reporters. Then I remembered: Those are his biggest supporters.