Republicans are notorious for trying to spend the news in their favor. The perception is that the media is out to get them so they go after Republican politicians more than Democratic ones or liberals. There may be some truth to that in certain ways, but just because working journalists tend to lean to the left does not mean that they never do a good job of reporting the actual news or in asking the right questions. Even bad journalists have their good moments.
Katie Couric, in an interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, asked about Palin’s comment about going into Pakistan with troops, an idea that John McCain has seemingly said he was against, but that Barack Obama has said he might consider. So is Sarah Palin more in line with Obama than McCain on that issue? I thought it was a legitimate question. Watch the interview:
John McCain does not do a good job of hiding his discomfort. Nor does Sarah Palin. It is clear that these two are clueless on the impact that Palin’s comment will have on voters. McCain is still stuck on pandering to the base, but Republicans will not win by sticking to their base. This election will be decided by independent and non-partisan voters. Democrats get that; Republicans, and John McCain, don’t.
It looks like another Gotcha! moment for John McCain, only the Gotcha! wasn’t quite the Gotcha! he was expecting and hoping for.
