Here it comes
Courtesy of Adam Nagourney, who announces and reflects the operative MSM meme for the next three weeks:
The piece coincides with the McCain campaign roll-out of...we're on the comback trail, repeated by CNN, ABC, etc.
Campaigns have rhythms, and inevitably swing back and forth for all kinds of reasons, including...the news media's desire for a competitive race and tendency to find the "underdog is surging" story line irresistible.
This has the potential for creating real trouble since any poll movement back to McCain will not be read as a common near-to-Election-Day phenomenon, but rather evidence for the argument that McCain is making "one more comeback."
It won't take but a day after that to see a reprise of the "why can't Obama close the deal" stories.
ANYONE REMEMBER THAT LESS THAN A WEEK AGO MCCAIN SAID STRAIGHT OUT AT THE DEBATE THAT CURRENT WORKERS WILL GET A LOWER SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT THAN CURRENT RETIREES?
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October 13, 2008 1:21 PM | Reply | Permalink