Why are the MSNBC pundits focusing on Obama going negative on Clinton

[bigdarryl]

JESUS!!!!

[msongs]

1. flavor of the week nt

[BootinUp]

2. They hate runaway races, too boring. n/t

[SteppingRazor]

3. I'm an Obama supporter, but he brought this on himself.

In his New York Times interview, he specifically stressed getting tough on Clinton:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21506949/


So, why wouldn't the press report exactly what the candidate says/does? You can't blame the press here. They're doing their jobs -- at least as well as they can do them in the horse-race atmosphere they insist upon for election coverage.

[ccpup]

7. exactly

they're reporting what Obama said and what he plans to do next in his campaign. If it perhaps reflects poorly on him, he has only himself to blame. And I believe that for every candidate. This is a good example where learning to keep one's own counsel would have been a good idea.

[MethuenProgressive]

10. True, and, it's on MSNBC, after all.

Pay attention, OPer.

[LSparkle]

4. Every time anyone goes negative on HRC, THEY become the issue

Why is that? The questions the sucky MSM OUGHT to be asking are: Why aren't THEY asking those tough questions? Why aren't they pointing it out when SHE WON'T ANSWER THEM?????

[aquart]

5. As opposed to...ignoring him? Mentioning his little god rally?

[phen43]

6. They don't have any other"dirt" on him this week

I guess they gave up on the McClurkin thing!!

[ccpup]

9. you hope n/t

[MethuenProgressive]

8. Because Obama has announced it as his new strategy going into the debate.

Despair and desperation, as his "hopes" fade.

[bigdarryl]

12. What he should have told the media is to go to hell i will run my campaign the same way....

i have been and i don't listen to polls two months before anyone has a chance to vote. thats what he should have said. as i said in a previous post a couple of days ago the media was setting him up to go negative on Hillary and as soon as he does it they would TRASH him severely in the news as they are starting to do.

[MethuenProgressive]

16. It's the "media's fault" they Obama sent that a Press Release?

That's just silly. :rofl:

[Captain Hilts]

11. Fight! Fight! Black an' a white! If the white don't win, we'll all jump in! Or something like that.

Networks love conflict.

[...of J.Temperance]

13. This shows that the Obama Campaign know that Obama's in big trouble

The polls are pretty much all showing Senator Clinton cleaning his clock....when a candidate has to go negative, it shows they know they're in deep trouble.

[IndianaJones]

14. they are in control of the democrat party! nt.

[jonnyblitz]

17. 'SIGH, it's democraTIC"

:rofl: :rofl:

[billyoc]

15. They're electronic tabloids. Until they hear Joe Biden kissed a boy or something,

this will be all you hear until primary day. :eyes:

[mark414]

18. because they're dummies who think that telling the truth is "going negative"