“That’s not the way to win. You win by your own personality and agenda, not making the other guy look small,” writes McKenzie. But he also suggests McCain reaches out to Latino voters, a demographic that could save him on election night:
But we must move forward with this debate, and I want you to know that I believe in a welcoming society. That’s why I will work on immigration until we find a fair, honorable system. And to the rest of you: We either get the education/immigration issue right, or we fail ourselves.
Decent advice, although one can’t help wondering whether it’s coming too late. But more important is the concept behind the advice itself. Just as Fouhy continues to contribute substantive reporting, McKenzie saw an opportunity to look beyond the speeches. He could have written a piece detailing the psychology and anatomy behind them.
Instead, he looked to fill in the holes of the candidates’ speeches. Regardless of their potential success with voters, it’s a valid column in that it doesn’t just take the speeches at face value but, instead, looks for what they’re missing. You don’t need to agree with McKenzie’s advice to concede that his is a commendable approach.
Moral of the story: we only have a few days left. Let’s not drop the ball now.
As E-Day creeps closer, the political press seems to be a bit confused as to how to handle these last few days of campaigning.
The LA Times isn’t confused at all, they are sitting on the mother of all October surprises ... a tape from 2003 in which Barack Obama PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi. The event was a going away party for Khalidi, Obama's friends Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn were also at the bash.
This could be the W DUI story of this campaign, and I somehow think that the LA Times wouldn’t be sitting on it if it were damaging to McCain.
Posted by Carl Stevens on Wed 29 Oct 2008 at 12:44 PM
Funny how the "watchdogs" here at CJR are sitting on the LA Times video story, huh?
It's almost like there's some kind of teensy, weensy liberal bias thing coursing the halls there at Columbia.
You think?
Posted by padikiller on Wed 29 Oct 2008 at 04:37 PM
Padikiller, come now, didnt you read the Politico piece? Its just not an "interesting" story, bias has nothing to do with it.
Posted by Carl Stevens on Wed 29 Oct 2008 at 04:42 PM