I'm with you wrt Huckabee, but what are you going to do? Life makes its own decisions. At this point, McCain is the better valid alternative, as he is a true centrist and very experienced/capable, therefore vastly preferable to the affable, but extremely liberal, not to mention inexperienced/unproven, Obama. And, frankly, I don't think the media confuses these things... they just sell what the people want to buy. Don't forget that, ultimately, we all get the government we deserve. Of course, most journalists and media organizations are too far to the left too, which is a huge problem for this country going forward.