John McCain is pottering along practically unnoticed by the media except for his comments RE the Russian, Georgian conflict. Written by Tom Raum of the Associated Press Analysis McCain, Obama condemn Russian aggression on Political Base offers helpful insights.
"There's no question the one relative strength McCain has in the polls is on national security. So every chance he gets, every way he gets, he tries to turn the conversation in that direction," said Democratic pollster and consultant Mark Mellman."
(Friday, August 15) I took a look at the Yahoo Politics page this morning and actually tried to tally the top three topics.
President Bush fundraising abilities topped the list with 6 headlines. It must have surprised a lot of news guys who thought Bush had lost his cash gathering cachet.
Second was the topic I called 'world weapons and aggression' with 4 headlines about the Russia, Georgia, and S. Ossetia conflict which gives the candidates a chance to look Presidential.
Tied for third was the topic 'sexual misconduct' ( John Edwards) garnering 2 headlines. This story has several facets that will attract a lot of readers. Sex, loss of status, betrayal. Potential long term story line with 'who is the father?' type stories. This could last for who knows how long? Maybe till the child in question is old enough to ask her mother to resolve the question. What part of the Anna Nicole Smith story did this woman miss? Call me old fashioned but I think the mother is wrong to refuse to clarify the parental rights of the men in question.
The topic 'Obama' tied for third with 2 headlines on the subject of Obama's lengthy rebuttal to the rehashed lies of the discredited, fringe bigot, conspiracy king Jerome Corsi. Obama has a 41 page pdf file available online at Unfit For Publication where I borrowed the words: rehashed lies, discredited, and fringe bigot.
Aug. 21, 2008 -- SO. My husband wouldn't understand this post, he hardly ever reads my posts, but if he read this one he would ask me what point I'm trying to illustrate with my remarks. The two Obama stories were ranked below the two Edwards stories because of their position on the web page at that time. Which suggested ( TO ME ) that whoever designed the page thought the Edwards story was more important than Obama's rebuttal. And I disagreed with that implied ranking.
