Forbes was my favorite candidate in 1996 and 2000.
Dole helped stab Gingrich in the back during budget showdown with Clinton, as media was egging him on to be a "grownup" in a "class of children". He thought media would help him in a run for the President, then wondered "Where is the outrage?" when media laughed at him. McCain and Rudy have been "drafted" by the media to be "frontrunners" in GOP primaries.
The lessons of "follow the media" in 1996 and 2006 should be clear for all to see.
Conservative politicians can be such fools when they try to curry favor with the msm.