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Originally Posted by Jacks

I see the media is falling over themselves trying to drag Harper into it.

Well to be fair to the media, Flanagan's popularity, prestige and notoriety are directly tied to the political success of Harper, The CPC and The WildRose. He's built a career off his work as one of the most successful campaign managers in Canada. If Karl Rove, David Axelrod or even Stephen Carter (a prominent member of Nenshi and Redfords campaigns) said a similar thing, the media would do the same thing. The average person who isn't a political junkie has no idea who Flanagan is (as seen in post three of the thread), so there has to be some context in the reporting.