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Old 02-08-2008, 07:55 PM  
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That is true there were a few that were out of it and went over the top but can't blame them for trying to make as much noise for a guy they believed in who was not getting equal air time by the news channels. If any momentum would have been gotten and the media bit on it and ran who knows what could have happened.

Same goes for your guy Obama. He was good at speeches and if you heard him live he was very persuasive but it took the media to fall head over heels with him and start pumping him religiously to build up all this momentum he has. If they stayed neutral he would would not have anywhere the momentum he has now as his main exposure to the masses was debates and until recently he was very poor in those. Great stump speeches though. The anti feelings towards Clinton has dragged her down and the charm of Obama has helped him in the media. It doesn't take much of a push either way to make things happen. The good thing Obama has done is not misstep with all this attention and being able to keep the momentum gotten.

But I have yet to see the media dig into his background and hold the candle to him on issues and background like Clinton yet and it will be interesting to see what McCain does now that he is a lock for the nominee and will start his campaign now. Will he be the one to hold the candle to Obama and see what really is there to expose? And if so will he hold up strong or come back down as he feels the grinder for the first time.

Should be an interesting time ahead to see how this all plays out.
I agree that the media attention Obama has received has definitely helped him, but you have to remember he was polling in double digits from the day he announced.
The media covers the front runners.
Paul didn't get alot of media attention, but he got some....he was on meet the press for crying out loud. If his poll numbers would have gone up they would have covered him more....but they didn't, so the media didn't pay alot of attention to him.....the same way they didn't pay alot of attention to Dennis Kucinich or Mike Gravel.

As for the "holding a candle to him" comments.....nobody is better at the opposition research and mud slinging game than the Clintons, if there was something in Obama's past that could hurt him they would have used it by now.
I'm not worried about anyone finding a skeleton in his closet.
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