We’ve said it here before and now Marc Ambinder asks it:
Does the McCain campaign think that their ticket can win if they go to war with the press 60 days out?
There’s another implication here.
If the McCain campaign does go to war with the press and that’s partly why they win, it’ll be one more election that is won in American politics on a side issue, by demonizing a segment of the population (press=liberal media=smears). And it would mean one more President coming to power with a segment of the population (not just the media but those who opposed the GOP ticket) angry and polarized. If it’s yet another culture war election, one candidate will win and the nation as a unified polity will suffer (yet again).
What’s YOUR view? Discuss in this open thread..
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.