…Or so it may seem.

The crack staff at Politico is at it again – kissing the ring of the online media giant, Matt Drudge.

See the favor here.

JoMa wets his lips: Drudge himself is reviled by many on the left, but his news instincts are undeniable-and he has an uncanny ability to drive the national conversation with what he chooses to highlight on his site.

So why the love fest? Perhaps it has something to do with the regularly appearing Politico stories that hit the front page of Drudge only seconds after they’re filed.