There are passages in "Game Change", Mark Halperin's and John Heileman's book about the 2008 election that reference how Drudge is courted.

I forget the exact passage, but both Romney and McCain send envoys to Miami to court Drudge's influence. It was implied that Drudge was bought off or heavily influenced by George W. Bush back in 2000 and had remained incredibly loyal to Dubya, and that the GOP candidates in 2008 realized the importance of having Drudge on their side.

Halperin got some flack on election day 2016 for tweeting something like "all MSM and politicos are refreshing Drudge every 30 seconds today" and lots of blue checkmarks reacted with disgust that of course a toad like Halperin would read Drudge.

TL;DR - Drudge has been cited as being able to be bought or influenced many times over the past 20 years and it comes up each election cycle.

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Posted by SirWinston

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Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:18 pm to SirWinston

Here's an article from 2017 about Drudge being in the White House "all the time". LINK

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Matt Drudge has been in the White House an awful lot these days -- "all the time," as one senior administration official puts it. He's met with President Donald Trump, spent time with Ivanka Trump, and doled out advice to Jared Kushner. That he'd have influence in the Trump White House should not be all that surprising. The internet news tycoon, who founded and edits the Drudge Report, the narrative-setting conservative news website, has been one of Trump's most ardent supporters since Trump announced his candidacy. He boosted him through the contentious Republican primaries, helped him defeat Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton by galvanizing the GOP base, and, for the better half of his young presidency, has stayed in sync with the White House's talking points.

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