In Case You Didn’t Know, Journalists are Carnies…

…and they “have a professional obligation never to give a sucker an even break.”

Willie Geist and Wolf Blitzer hit up the convenience store for Elmer's Glue, thumbtacks, and black-tar heroin.

I think RS McCain may be on to something here. While one may doubt that this particular collection of alchies and junkies have any real desire to see Santorum propelled to the White House, the show must go on. Plus, Santorum’s social-con bona fides will make him vulnerable in their eyes. And carnies are nothing if not carnivorous.

But if McCain is right, then two interesting questions follow:

  1. Does a more-conservative-than-thou fight between Gingrich and Santorum benefit Mitt Romney? Or make him more irrelevant?
  2. If Gingrich can survive Santorum, does he burnish his front-runner status?

UPDATE: According to the crowd at Ace’s, Diane Sawyer moderated the whole debate drunker than a Freshman on Labor Day.

It's the Carny Code.

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