What did change noticeably in the media's campaign narrative last week was the role of presumptive GOP nominee John McCain. After largely being treated as a bystander to the Democrats' battle for weeks, he emerged...as a significant or dominant newsmaker in 41% of last week's campaign stories [v.s.] Obama...(62%) and Clinton...(43%)... As recently as...May 5-11, McCain was registering...at a mere 12%. Full Story »
Posted by Beth Wellington
The Democratic candidates once again attracted the majority of campaign coverage last weekâand they were an eventful seven days. The two contenders split the May 20 primaries, with Hillary Clinton dominating in blue-collar Kentucky and Barack Obama winning in green-tilting Oregon. Clintonâs determination to continue her campaign also generated more media speculation about a ticket uniting the two rivals. And the week ended with a firestorm caused by the former First Ladyâs evoking the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in describing her reasons for staying in the race.
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The Democratic candidates once again attracted the majority of campaign coverage last weekâand they were an eventful seven days. The two contenders split the May 20 primaries, with Hillary Clinton dominating in blue-collar Kentucky and Barack Obama winning in green-tilting Oregon.
Clintonâs determination to continue her campaign also generated more media speculation about a ticket uniting the two rivals. And the week ended with a firestorm caused by the former First Ladyâs evoking the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in describing her reasons for staying in the race.