RCP’s Tom Bevan recaps an exchange he had with Harold Ford, former Congressman and current DLC chair, who moonlights as an MSNBC political analyst. (I’ll never forget the first time I saw Ford sitting cozily next to Pat Buchanan on MSNBC’s Morning Joe; the double-take nearly ripped the eyes from my head.)
What Ford clearly demonstrates in his exchange with Bevan — regarding Obama: centrist or lefty? — is the fine art of responding to a question with the answer you want to give, regardless of how many times (or ways) a reporter might frame the question.
Spin? Yep. Necessary? In today’s soundbite-world, abso-freakin-lutely. And yet, somehow, Ford pulls it off without being offensive. Kudos.