Obama Lacks Yolks

The reporters went to great lengths to show they were reporting on what the Obama camp was doing, not orchestrating the shift themselves. Still, the piece subtly vented the establishment media's own frustration with Obama, the growing mainstream consensus, voiced at countless dinner parties in Washington and New York over the last few months, that he can't play with the big boys -- or the big girl. Full Story »

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Jim Lang
3.6
by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

I can't tell whether the writer is trying to be clever or is adding to the chorus for conflict. Nevertheless, I applaud him for acknowledging that it is the journalists and the political movers and shakers who are goading Obama into attacking Clinton. These "opinion makers" appear to believe that a cockfight is more important (and more effective?) than positive statements of policy and intention.

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