Interesting Media Strategy On Part of the McCain Campaign

[slinkerwink]

At 11:45AM, Barack Obama is going to deliver a speech about competitiveness in the global economy.

At 12:00PM, John McCain is going to hold a media availability, presumably to rebut Obama's speech, and substitute his own talking points on the global economy.

The next time Obama speaks is going to be at 8:30PM in Detrioit, MI, way past the time for primetime news.

The reason for the McCain media availability is to have the narrative framing Obama's speech in time for the network news between 6 and 7pm. It's basically this--candidate speaks, opponent rebuts,--candidate speaks much later to rebut after the evening news carry the opponent's rebuttal, thus ensuring that the candidate's rebuttal to the opponent's rebut is not shown on the evening news.

It's a media strategy that we're likely going to see from the McCain campaign throughout the summer. Whoever gets in the last soundbite in time for the evening news wins.

[slinkerwink]

1. what do you guys think?

[Lerkfish]

3. dunno what to think there...

its either clever or clueless or just accidental coincidence.

[slinkerwink]

4. McCain's campaign has become purely reactionary to whatever Obama does

[Skidmore]

6. I agree. Obama is playing offense and McCain is running twice as fast

to stay in place--meaning behind.

[w13rd0]

2. In some ways...

...it's McCains only option. He can only run "in opposition to hope". Speaking extemporaneously, the man has a mouth full of marbles and nothing but stupid to say. So the only way he's going to get airtime is by riding Obamas tails and pretending like he has urgent rebuttals we should really pay attention to.

[navarth]

5. McCain has the corporate media and the Republican Filth Machine on his side.

I expect them to be very good indeed.

[grantcart]

7. Obama referred to McCain 14 times in the earlier speech so he will have a lot to refute

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0608/Going_at_McCain_in_Flint_14_times.html

[FrenchieCat]

8. Doesn't matter, as the news channel don't broacast the speeches live

anyways.

They seem to show like 5 second of any speech, and then go back to "what can Obama do about his "problem voters"?" or "who will be VP?"

In other words, the media doesn't seem to be interested in covering the issues via the candidates unplugged, and instead place commentaries about stuff that is not as important above the viewers getting to hear information straight from the candidates.

[KittyWampus]

9. I'd love it if Obama threw a curveball at McCain> leak bogus talkingpoints which McCain's staff

prepare their rebuttal to and then Obama gives his ACTUAL talkingpoints and McCain's left with his pants down.

[scheming daemons]

10. The reason McCain won't rebut the 8:30pm speech is because it is past his bedtime...

[rniel]

11. also

he gives them cookies and milk