I have never been a big Katie Couric fan, but she did a great job in interviewing Senators Obama and McCain on the surge in Iraq. Maybe some in the media are starting to become embarrassed over the biased coverage of Obama.

 

McCain confusing Sudan with Somalia is one thing, but when he mixes up the Packers and the Steelers, well, there's a problem.

 

Guys, we could go back and forth on this for a long, long time.

I am eagerly awaiting all of those who demanded that George W. Bush admit that he "made a mistake" over Iraq's WMDs to demand that Obama admit that he made a mistake when he opposed the surge in Iraq.

 

According to Obama, the improvement in Iraq could just be a series of coincidences that occurred at the same time that our troops were taking part in the surge that McCain supported and urged - the surge that Obama actively opposed. When asked tough questions about the surge's success, Obama's goofy responses makes him look like a little kid interviewing for a grown-up's job.

"Bother?" Not really. Its not very hard to get access to both sides. Plus, I've always got RTS to offset the media.

 

The way the media refuses to ask real questions of Obama bothers me. I understand giving him more attention. I already know enough about McCain to know I don't like him. I would like to learn more about Obama other than the photo ops and sound bites we're getting now.

Lets all assume that the media is , indeed , infatuated with Obama. How does Sen. McCain complaining about it help his cause?

 

By puting pressure on the large media following Obama to be a little tougher on him. And it may have worked somewhat already. I saw a snippet of Couric's interview of Obama. She was asking him questions about whether he felt the surge had worked. He did everything he could not to answer the question. And I about fell off my bike, when she wouldn't let him off the hook and followed up two more times and tried to pin him down. His answers to her questions were terrible and he flat out refused to give credit to the surge for the improved situation in Iraq. It was the only time I can remember that Couric actually has been tough with him. Maybe it was a coincidence that she actually asked him tough questions, but maybe not. McCain is already making hay of Obama's failure to give the surge credit. That would not be possible unless Couric had grilled Obama. I'm greatly disappointed in Obama's responses to Couric and his failure to acknowledge the benefit and significance of the surge. I was expecting more from him even though I disagree with his policies.

By puting pressure on the large media following Obama to be a little tougher on him. And it may have worked somewhat already. I saw a snippet of Couric's interview of Obama. She was asking him questions about whether he felt the surge had worked. He did everything he could not to answer the question. And I about fell off my bike, when she wouldn't let him off the hook and followed up two more times and tried to pin him down. His answers to her questions were terrible and he flat out refused to give credit to the surge for the improved situation in Iraq. It was the only time I can remember that Couric actually has been tough with him. Maybe it was a coincidence that she actually asked him tough questions, but maybe not. McCain is already making hay of Obama's failure to give the surge credit. That would not be possible unless Couric had grilled Obama. I'm greatly disappointed in Obama's responses to Couric and his failure to acknowledge the benefit and significance of the surge. I was expecting more from him even though I disagree with his policies.

I posted the snippet of the Couric interview above. The graphs that Couric showed of pre and post-surge violence in Iraq are devastating to Obama's position.

 

On a less serious note, I like the proposed nickname for Obama in this video:

 

McCain needs to let his surrogates point out the media's obvious bias in favor of Obama. A presidential candidate or a president does not look presidential when they are whining about media coverage even when they are absolutely correct.

 

McCain also needs to attack Obama's inexperience more aggressively and start running a campaign that the media cannot so easily ignore. Obama is saying some of the stupidest, most naive, and disingenuous things on the campaign trail that have ever been said by a presidential candidate.

 

McCain needs to be dismantling Obama's reckless statements every single day. His campaign ads should feature clips of Obama with McCain's analysis and Obama should be whining about negative ads continuously. Currently, the media is spoon feeding Americans what it thinks will help sell Obama. It is McCain's job to make sure that the interviews that expose Obama's lack of knowledge and qualifications for the job get widespread coverage. So far, McCain has not done much to warrant coverage although his recent claim that Obama would rather lose a war than a political campaign was a good start.

 

You may be suprised, but actually I agree with most of this. I don't feel that McCain is, as of yet, running a winning campaign. He needs to create the media buzz, if he wants it, not sit there calmly and wait for it to come to him. I don't respect "attacking" the other candidate much, but pointing out differences and asking reasonable questions is certainly something he needs to do.

I posted the snippet of the Couric interview above. The graphs that Couric showed of pre and post-surge violence in Iraq are devastating to Obama's position.

 

On a less serious note, I like the proposed nickname for Obama in this video:

 

 

Sorry Aces, I missed your post when I posted mine.

You may be suprised, but actually I agree with most of this. I don't feel that McCain is, as of yet, running a winning campaign. He needs to create the media buzz, if he wants it, not sit there calmly and wait for it to come to him. I don't respect "attacking" the other candidate much, but pointing out differences and asking reasonable questions is certainly something he needs to do.

 

I just can't put McCain and "buzz" together.

You may be suprised, but actually I agree with most of this. I don't feel that McCain is, as of yet, running a winning campaign. He needs to create the media buzz, if he wants it, not sit there calmly and wait for it to come to him. I don't respect "attacking" the other candidate much, but pointing out differences and asking reasonable questions is certainly something he needs to do.

 

This doubly applies to the foreign tour Obama is on. Obama is commanding easy media attention while overseas and McCain has failed to counter it. I think McCain should have announced his Vice Presidential pick (he could do that today, I suppose) or have made some major domestic policy announcements in an attempt to juxtapose an overseas Obama.

I have never been a big Katie Couric fan, but she did a great job in interviewing Senators Obama and McCain on the surge in Iraq. Maybe some in the media are starting to become embarrassed over the biased coverage of Obama.

 

 

 

And her producers did an even better job of cutting out the places where McCain makes an idiot of himself and makes fun of Obama for not knowing that the surge caused the Anbar Awakening and stated that it was a 'matter of history'. (Again, oopsie daisy.)

 

Sounds like a biased media to me...

This doubly applies to the foreign tour Obama is on. Obama is commanding easy media attention while overseas and McCain has failed to counter it. I think McCain should have announced his Vice Presidential pick (he could do that today, I suppose) or have made some major domestic policy announcements in an attempt to juxtapose an overseas Obama.

 

True. He is expecting the media to come to him, as opposed to making himself newsworthy.

I just can't put McCain and "buzz" together.

 

Well...true. How about at least a "hum"?

I have never been a big Katie Couric fan, but she did a great job in interviewing Senators Obama and McCain on the surge in Iraq. Maybe some in the media are starting to become embarrassed over the biased coverage of Obama.

 

 

I'd argue that Katie teed it up nicely for Senator Obama. You may not agree with his strategic view but he certainly articulated his beliefs clearly - right or wrong as they may be. I hear him saying that the surge by itself decreased violence but did it help our real goal? Part of it is "anti-McCain" but part of it is a legit question. He's asking if we as a country are focused on the big picture of making the U.S. safer. That's a fair question to ask when we are spending so much money and, more importantly, sacrificing lives.

 

CBS has some serious egg on its face for editing out Senator McCain's comments the other night that seemed to indicate he was confused on when the surge actually started. We can't have that in our mainstream media.

By puting pressure on the large media following Obama to be a little tougher on him. And it may have worked somewhat already. I saw a snippet of Couric's interview of Obama. She was asking him questions about whether he felt the surge had worked. He did everything he could not to answer the question. And I about fell off my bike, when she wouldn't let him off the hook and followed up two more times and tried to pin him down. His answers to her questions were terrible and he flat out refused to give credit to the surge for the improved situation in Iraq. It was the only time I can remember that Couric actually has been tough with him. Maybe it was a coincidence that she actually asked him tough questions, but maybe not. McCain is already making hay of Obama's failure to give the surge credit. That would not be possible unless Couric had grilled Obama. I'm greatly disappointed in Obama's responses to Couric and his failure to acknowledge the benefit and significance of the surge. I was expecting more from him even though I disagree with his policies.

 

No argument about the media's culpability. However, IMO its not the candidate's job to be whiny about it. Let his henchman do that.

 

McCain's challenge of Obama's surge view is exactly what he needs to do. However, to us middle of the roaders, his tiresome "he'd rather lose a war than a campaign" is insulting and smacks of bad politics.

 

McCain needs to be above the fray if he's going to convince us that he's a leader.