Posted on 08/19/2012 2:19:00 PM PDT by Starman417
Over at the Weekly Standard the Blog catches the exchange between Lester Holt and Mark Halperin in which Halperin says out loud what we've all known for a long time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doQnm6PtLnU
"The Obama folks clearly know they've found some traction on this tax return issue with Romney," said NBC's Lester Holt. "And then of course late in the week comes this challenge--'give us a little more and we won't complain anymore.' Has this issue come to the point it's jumped the shark?""I think the press still likes this story a lot, the media is very susceptible to doing what the Obama campaign wants, which is to focus on this," said Halperin.
No kidding.
Obama wants Ryan to be called "risky" and the press has done nothing but call Ryan "risky."
A CBS story claims (without any attribution) that Romney's advisers said Ryan was "risky."
The people around Romney told him it was risky.As the Republican presidential candidate prepared to pick his running mate, he kept in constant touch with his senior advisers. They met in small groups and alone with the candidate. He talked to a number of other friends and confidantes, soliciting advice and opinions.
Aides knew the decision was fraught, and they told Romney so. It was a choice, they knew, that would fundamentally re-shape the race for the presidency. It would acknowledge Romney needed to offer voters more than just being the guy who wasn’t Democratic President Barack Obama. And it would tie Romney to the architect of a highly controversial budget proposal that Democrats are eager to use to badger the Republican.
And somehow CBS knows this despite
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Biden is risky. Ryan is a winner. That’s Obama’s and the media’s worry.
Biden is risky. Ryan is a winner. That’s Obama’s and the media’s worry.
Biden is risky. Ryan is a winner. That’s Obama’s and the media’s worry.
Obviously, Ryan is a triple threat.
Thank you Mark, for disclosing the obvious.
bttt
“That’s a GREAT STORY OBAMA. now go find me a job”.
RLTW
‘Susceptible’. . .way to nice a word to use here.
bttt
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