Nice comparison by Halperin on the treatment of the two potential first ladies. My modest prediction is that at some point Michelle will succumb to the temptation to be Michelle and, unlike a VP candidate, it will be impossible to cloister her for the duration of the campaign. Note the circularity of the press's defense:
So the campaign received positive evaluations because it was so good?
"The biggest bias in the press is towards effectiveness," said
Heilemann, who is authoring a book on the 2008 race along with
Halperin.
"We love things that are smart."
Because Obama's campaign was generally so well run, he argued, the press tended to applaud even his negative tactics.
So the campaign received positive evaluations because it was so good?
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