Author: Rory B. Bellows
The media is in the bad for Obama. We all know this. However, is the heavy focus on Obama a bad thing? The public wants a Democrat in the White House. They view the Bush Presidency as failed and they want change. The more McCain is in the headlines the more people will be reminded that he is a Republican and they will be less likely to vote for him in the fall.
The new NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll shows that the election is shaping up as a referendum on Obama, not McCain. By a 55-40 margin, the public is more interested in an Obama Presidency than a McCain. Obama has dominated the headlines the last month and McCain has faded from view. You would behard pressed to know he is even running for President. This has worked to McCain’s benefit. The last round of polling shows McCain with higher numbers in Michigan, Colorado, where he is now leading, and Minnesota.
The coverage is biased and unfair, but it has put McCain in the only position possible to win. His best bet is probably to take the next few months off and let third party groups, the RNC and surrogates unleash a never before seen bombardment of negative attacks on Obama while the sycophants in the press document his every move. If this election is a referendum on Obama and not McCain running for Bush’s third term, McCain will win.
