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Thoughts on VP Timing from Someone Who Knows Nothing
I know zippy about politics. But here's what I'm thinking about O's timing with the VP stuff (and this likely isn't a novel idea):
Thursday and Friday: let the news cycles be consumed with speculation. No McCain stuff on TV, because all the news outlets are busy having conniptions over when The Text Message will come.
Let 'er rip at about 2 am or 3 am Saturday morning, when it's too late for the newspapers to get it into print. Saturday morning TV will be dominated with talk about The Text Message, leading up to total domination of the airwaves when the Springfield thing is held. Again, no room for McCain in the news.
Sunday: the newspapers finally get to blow their loads over The Text Message ... as well as the Springfield thing. AGAIN, no room for McCain in the news ... at least the big, thick Sunday papers.
Monday: convention time. No McCain for the week.
Seems smart to me -- they will have dominated the news cycle for longer than Obama's vacation, when he was [sort of] out of the news.
Just thinking out loud, I guess.
Thursday and Friday: let the news cycles be consumed with speculation. No McCain stuff on TV, because all the news outlets are busy having conniptions over when The Text Message will come.
Let 'er rip at about 2 am or 3 am Saturday morning, when it's too late for the newspapers to get it into print. Saturday morning TV will be dominated with talk about The Text Message, leading up to total domination of the airwaves when the Springfield thing is held. Again, no room for McCain in the news.
Sunday: the newspapers finally get to blow their loads over The Text Message ... as well as the Springfield thing. AGAIN, no room for McCain in the news ... at least the big, thick Sunday papers.
Monday: convention time. No McCain for the week.
Seems smart to me -- they will have dominated the news cycle for longer than Obama's vacation, when he was [sort of] out of the news.
Just thinking out loud, I guess.
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Apparently the campaign's already informed the media that they'll send out the text on Saturday morning.
August 22, 2008 9:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just saw that on Huffington. That'll still do the trick, I guess.
August 22, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's pretty smart. First impressions are crucial and the campaign's keeping as much control over the first framing as possible.
August 22, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, what time were those texts sent? Off to get a Powerball ticket. :)
August 23, 2008 7:03 AM | Reply | Permalink