McFreedom

Jay Cost - whom I generally recommend for his insightful polling analysis, a lot of which was behind my confidence of Bush's win - thinks the media failing to call the election this morning was "disgusting." He apparently feels they were treating Kerry with kid gloves to give him a chance to resign the race honorably, and that this is somehow bad.

Personally, I think it's a nice bit of politeness in this rancorous age. Sure, had Kerry not conceded this morning I'd be very hopeful that everyone would start calling the race in order to put pressure on him. But everyone - from the President to the media - gave Kerry time to make peace with his loss and withdraw before granting Bush the victory. I think that's a great echo of a time when politicians and reporters acted more like gentlemen, and I for one am happy to see it.