Will they?
Instapundit:
No, they won't. Like Obama, John Edwards was mostly a media creation, and the media covered for him to the bitter end, leaving the actual journalism to the National Enquirer, which should put to rest any lingering illusions about what the liberal media amounts to. The media establishment, which knows little and cares less about foreign policy, will never turn on Obama unless he veers to the right on domestic policy matters. Job One (and Two, and Three) for the media now is to give Obama sufficient cover to avoid him having to make any such move.
Isn't it all numbingly predictable?
(1) While Bush was "stubborn" in the face of declining poll numbers, Obama will be "steadfast." Where Bush ignored "critics," Obama will stand up to "attackers."
(2) Every new economic disappointment under Obama will continue to be described as "unexpected," and as a Bush legacy, often in the form of GOP obstructionists who for purely partisan reasons insist on saying "No" to every one of the Obama Team's economic fixes.
(3) Public challenges to Obama will be attributed to mobs of ignorant, angry, white rustics, or, at best, basically decent but unsophisticated flyover white folks goaded and manipulated by special interests into a haze of uncomprehending, incoherent, and potentially dangerous anger. Obama supporters will be portrayed as a wonderfully diverse group of thoughtful, clear-eyed believers in social justice who, despite their many differences, correctly understand the play of forces in American society, and wish only to move forward into a new day of light, reason, and fairness.
And so on, and on, and on.
Byron
RASMUSSEN: 44% “Strongly Disapprove” of Obama; only 43% approve of Obama at all.
23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21. That matches the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President (see trends). . . . Overall, 43% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance. That also matches the lowest level yet recorded for this President. Fifty-six percent (56%) disapprove.
Will the press start talking about “the increasingly unpopular President Obama” any time soon?
No, they won't. Like Obama, John Edwards was mostly a media creation, and the media covered for him to the bitter end, leaving the actual journalism to the National Enquirer, which should put to rest any lingering illusions about what the liberal media amounts to. The media establishment, which knows little and cares less about foreign policy, will never turn on Obama unless he veers to the right on domestic policy matters. Job One (and Two, and Three) for the media now is to give Obama sufficient cover to avoid him having to make any such move.
Isn't it all numbingly predictable?
(1) While Bush was "stubborn" in the face of declining poll numbers, Obama will be "steadfast." Where Bush ignored "critics," Obama will stand up to "attackers."
(2) Every new economic disappointment under Obama will continue to be described as "unexpected," and as a Bush legacy, often in the form of GOP obstructionists who for purely partisan reasons insist on saying "No" to every one of the Obama Team's economic fixes.
(3) Public challenges to Obama will be attributed to mobs of ignorant, angry, white rustics, or, at best, basically decent but unsophisticated flyover white folks goaded and manipulated by special interests into a haze of uncomprehending, incoherent, and potentially dangerous anger. Obama supporters will be portrayed as a wonderfully diverse group of thoughtful, clear-eyed believers in social justice who, despite their many differences, correctly understand the play of forces in American society, and wish only to move forward into a new day of light, reason, and fairness.
And so on, and on, and on.
Byron
posted by Byron | Saturday, March 20, 2010
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