So, how’s it feel, Hillary?

I watched the subtle shift in the media away from Hillary Clinton after the primary votes over the last few weeks. The press got all flirty with Obama, even to the point of actually swooning over him on his plane, as reported by Michelle Malkin. The Washington Post wrote yesterday that the Post was on to the racism that was preventing Obama from getting the white voters he needed. And West Virginia voted overwhelmingly for Clinton, but all of the press this morning about her win is negative, like this from the Wall Street Journal;

Sen. Clinton’s Mountain State blowout was only her second such landslide victory in the 51 primaries and caucuses to date. She will get most of the state’s 28 pledged delegates to the Democrats’ August convention.

But Sen. Obama also will get some delegates under party rules allocating them by each candidate’s share of the vote. And offsetting Sen. Clinton’s likely gains are Sen. Obama’s pickup of 27 superdelegates — the elected officials and party officers who can support the candidate of their choice — since his better-than-expected showings in the North Carolina and Indiana primaries May 6.

The Washington Post puts the damper on Clinton’s win;

Clinton’s resounding victory in a state that has slipped away from Democrats in the past two elections added fresh ammunition to her claim that she is better positioned than Obama to capture critical swing states in November. But the primary win may have come too late to have a significant impact on the trajectory of a nomination battle in which Obama has an almost insurmountable lead in delegates.

Yesterday, Terry McAuliffe, Clinton’s campaign chairman, said on Fox News that the media is “in the tank” for Obama and he admitted that Fox is the most balanced network on primary coverage;

Quoted in “The Hill“, McAuliffe said;

“Clearly it has been a biased media, no question about it,” McAuliffe said on Fox News. When asked how much of the mainstream media is “in the tank” for Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), who leads Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination, McAuliffe estimated that about 90 percent of the media favor Obama.

“It is what it is. We’re not complaining,” he stated. “We have to deal with the hand we’re dealt with.”

McAuliffe added that “every independent study has said that this is the most biased coverage they’ve ever seen in a presidential campaign.”

He also praised Fox News, which is often viewed as a conservative media outlet, as “one of the most responsible in this presidential campaign.”

So, the Clintons learn, finally, that there is a bias in the media, that there’s an unspoken selection of who the media wants to win and then their not-so-covert support in the news. That Fox News is more balanced than the others at least speaking to all sides. So how does it feel to be treated like a Republican in your own party, Hillary? Where are your tears now?

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