- Media and political elites who don't always agree have nevertheless been on the same page about Obama for weeks ... because they are trying to reverse the verdict of 2006 -
I see that Jake Tapper is trying to spin the ABC debacle, saying that they went after the frontrunner and that is normal.
Uh, no. The crowd at ABC's debate openly booed the moderators for being stupid. Even Gibson had to acknowledge it. After the debate, therefore, ABC went into full spin mode, as if ABC itself was a candidate at the debate, a candidate who had stumbled badly. ABC had to say that Obama "struggled," because he kept taking their stupid questions apart. Seven different times. In fairness to Tapper, who has some other good coverage, it's not that simple, but it should have been obvious.
ABC even pressed one of its afternoon entertainment shows into service to repeat the network's ass-covering talking points. But, within twelve hours, a sweep of the news cycle showed that ABC had failed. The story is not that Obama stumbled, but that ABC is a joke. Mark Halperin's legacy is complete. So who is singing along with ABC, and why?
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