In the wake of Senator John McCain's early morning press conference denying a New York Times story on an improper relationship with a lobbyist, the question arises: Could this help him win conservative votes? ''The two most hated figures to conservatives are The New York Times and Hillary Clinton,'' said Charles W. Dunn, dean of Regent University's Robertson School of Government and the editor of The Future of Conservatism: Conflict and Consensus in the Post-Reagan Era on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show. ''If The New York Times does a follow-up story and names the two sources, then McCain will have a problem ... If The New York Times doesn't name the two anonymous sources, this story will have a short shelf life.''

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