It's true. What other candidate causes people to cry and get shivers up their leg when he gives speeches? He has gotten a disproportionate amount of positive media coverage. He has been given a pass on a number of questionable decisions and relationships. They might as well fit him for his white robe already.
So you think Obama is getting a pass from the liberal media.
I disagree. You sight one quote from Matthews as seemingly definitive. Haven't you heard Matthews discuss Big Mac over the years? The obligatory 'straight talk', 'maverick', 'straight shooter', 'tells it like it is' was/is repeated ad nauseum. Did that talk of St. McCain slip your mind?
If a candidate does something patently stupid, like suspending a campaign to look presidential in the face of a financial crisis or letting an manifestly inferior vp candidate field softball questions, then that's a situation of their own making. What do you expect, the media close their eyes to this like they did with the Bush election cycle of 2000?
On the other hand, the sitting back and taking shots at Obama as a messiah w/ a white robe is much easier than debating platforms.