Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama delivered a TV tour de force last night.
I don’t think any presidential candidate has ever had as strong and wide-reaching a run on the medium as Obama did from the dinner hour to the midnight hour. As he shifted programming genres ranging from news to comedy, Obama altered his demeanor and calibrated his performances to the different settings with TV skills not seen since John F. Kennedy.
Obama’s race across the television landscape started with informed and thoughtful responses to some tough questions from anchorman Charles Gibson on ABC World News at 6:30 p.m., and was still going strong as the clock approached midnight with live cable TV coverage of a speech in Florida where Obama was joined onstage by former President Bill Clinton. It was the first time these two men -- two of the most eloquent speakers in American politics -- stood side by side that way.
In between, was the highly publicized, prime-time infomercial that ran on three networks and four cable channels at 8 p.m., an effective and affecting production aimed at helping viewers get to know Obama better – even as it also personalized the nation's current hard times through the stories of four diverse American families.
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http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2008/10/obama_delivers_tv_tour_de_forc.htmlI am sooooooooooo proud to be a DEMOCRAT! :patriot: Watching this...and then later watching Obama and the Big Dawg!!!!!
Wow!!!!! :hi:
WE ARE GONNA WIN IN A LANDSLIDE!!!! :grouphug: