Something I Noticed Tonight

[Symarip]

When McCain comes out swinging, or does well at something (theoretically), or wallows in the mud like a pig, no one really seems to give a shit in everyday life. Sure, they talk it up on the 24.7 round-the-fucking-clock mega news (with the best goddamned news teams in the whole fucking universe times ten) like the old man parted the seas to save rich, white voters everywhere. But on my drive to work, I see no excess of McCain stickers. When I walk the dog, I see no new McCain signs. In fact, if it wasn't for CNN and the likes, I might forget who McCain is. And I live in a red state.

But when Obama nails something out of the park, which he's kind of prone to do, watch out! Everything lights up. I start getting phone calls from cross country friends. Emails, both good and bad, pour in. I hear all sorts of people talking in the hallways of work. Everywhere I go, everywhere I drive, everything I hear - OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA. And as much as you may hate to admit it, the media loves him. They love reporting on how he manages to beat the unbeatable. Every time they put him a little bit under, with the measurements they skew and spin out of his favor, he comes back with more money, higher approval ratings, bigger messages, SMARTER attacks. And still looks cool doing it.

You couldn't write a better fictional story than Obama's life.

In so many ways, you couldn't ask for a better candidate.

[ginnyinWI]

1. he knows how to play the media

Every night there is a catchy, entertaining sound bite from one of his daily appearances. Something new and fresh and easy for the media to play. And somebody is making sure to debunk the other side's latest lies. The Obama camp, I'm sure, is sending out messages to the media, making their job easy to do.

I don't see the same expertise on the other side. For one thing there aren't any lies to debunk so they strike out there. Oh they can do some fake outrage, but it doesn't hold water and slips away quickly. On the stump they are so repetitive, why would the media want to play one more of the same thing they said yesterday?

[Symarip]

2. I agree

He has likability down, no question. To some extent, so did George Bush, or at least, that's how GW was manufactured to us. The key difference is intelligence, obivously, and poise. Where the Republicans had a good ground game pretending to be the guys you wanted to have a beer with, Obama seems like the type of person we aspire to be like. Personally, I think the Dem's need to stick with this type of message, and actually accomplish goals where Republicans fail. Imagine just how much we'd all benefit from that kind of traction...