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Fox declined outright to air the news conference. NBC and ABC fell into line late Monday after the White House shifted the event's time from the previously announced 9 p.m. to the lesser-watched hour of 8 p.m.
Most will carry Obama press conference; time shifted after NBC balked--The Live Feed
Why bother carrying it all.... It is just Kabuki theater it is so heavily scripted these days.
Oh for the good old days of the Nixon and Carter administrations when the news people actually were reporters rather than flacks of the messiah.
Fox declined outright to air the news conference. NBC and ABC fell into line late Monday after the White House shifted the event's time from the previously announced 9 p.m. to the lesser-watched hour of 8 p.m.
Most will carry Obama press conference; time shifted after NBC balked--The Live Feed
...Any time in modern American politics that you hear a member of one party praise a member of another party -- turncoat Arlen Specter aside -- with the utmost insincerity they can manage, we all know now that the next sentence will begin with a firm, contradictory: "But..."
Remember the heartfelt tribute of Sen. Barack Obama? "Sen. McCain is a true American hero and we salute him for a lifetime of service to his country."
So when Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele opened his Washington remarks today (full text and videos below) with "President Barack Obama is a good man who cares deeply about his country," anyone with any savvy knew what was coming next. And sure enough:
"But he is determined with an unprecedented single-mindedness to transform it into something none of us would recognize."
On the president's six-month anniversary, the new polling must be in. And it apparently shows a weakness involving the word "experiment." We know the president's personal popularity has slipped while remaining relatively high. We also know it will likely sink lower, especially if unemployment continues to soar past the 8.5% the Obamas promised as max.
However, Obama's approval on specific programs is fading faster, even as his hastily-arranged economic stimulus plan doesn't stimulate and concern over his spending plans grows. The Ticket analyzed the president's unfolding public relations strategy here. The more the healthcare plan is discussed, the more questions Americans seem to have about it and its costs. Hence, Obama's rush. Hence, the GOP's what's the hurry?...
There will soon be an assigned hour that we must listen to Obama daily.
Who do you watch?We get an hour of it every night, hosted by Keith Olberdouche.
Good thing that only about four people watch him, though.
