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Questions begin about Obama’s chances
QandO —
David Gergen, of all people, notes one of the outcomes from Saddleback which have to have the Obama campaign concerned: ...
A Shift In The Campaign?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
It can - and will - change many times before November, but it's hard to disagree with David Gergen's take on the race here.
Required Reading: Obama's Dog Days
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Obama also has the problem that that the press still paints an unrealistic portrait of him. Check out the venerable font of conventional wisdom, David Gergen, writing this afternoon: ...
ArkingBay OonbatMay
Doug Ross @ Journal —
On Anderson Cooper's CNN blog , "Larry" adds a delightful insight in the comments section. The pastor should have considered himself fortunate to be on the same stage as Sen. Obama. Not once di [sic] the pastor ask Sen. Obama if he was comfortable and if he would like a better chair; such rudenes [sic]. You can be sure that pastor Wright would have been more curtious [sic] towards Sen. Obama and more agressively interrogative of Sen. McCain. ...
Tougher Than Expected
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
It appears that Saddleback and its aftermath rocked David Gergen back on his heels: Heading into the candidates' appearances on Saturday night at Saddleback Church, the conventional wisdom in politics was Barack Obama should have a clear upper hand in any joint appearance with John McCain -- one the young, eloquent, cool, charismatic dude who can charm birds from the trees, the other the meandering, sometimes bumbling, old fellow who can barely distinguish Sunnis from Shiias. Well, kiss that myth goodbye. McCain came roaring out of the gate from the first question and was a ...
Overrated Obama
The American Spectator —
... in Saturday's forum at Saddleback Church, rather than reminding media observers of his dismal April 22 performance in Philadelphia, instead prompted accusations that McCain had somehow cheated. While David Gergen reluctantly admitted that, at Saddleback, "McCain showed that he can be a much more formidable and effective campaigner in a joint appearance than hardly anyone imagined," he ignored the possibility that Obama has been overrated. IF OBAMA IS OVERRATED, that's another residue of the primary campaign, when the promise of Hope and Change persuaded ...
Tougher Than Expected
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
It appears that Saddleback and its aftermath rocked David
Gergen back on his heels:
Heading into the candidates' appearances on Saturday night at
Saddleback Church, the conventional wisdom in politics was Barack
Obama should have a clear upper hand in any joint appearance with
John McCain -- one the young, eloquent, cool, charismatic dude who
can charm birds from the trees, the other the meandering, sometimes
bumbling, old fellow who can barely distinguish Sunnis from
Shiias.
Well, kiss that myth goodbye.
McCain came roaring out of ...
And Obama's VP Is . . .
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... . Major Obamabot David Gergen is stressing on CNN about Obama's apparent inability to fight like Hillary Clinton. Gergen, who rarely had a kind word for Hillary during the primary, now thinks "Hillary Clinton looks better and better," because "He definitely needs a fighter by his side." ...
Poll: McCain Overtakes Obama With Five Point Lead Amid Other Polls Showing Obama Weakening
The Moderate Voice —
... In an extensive CNN analysis, Republican David Gergen, who advised Presidents of both parties in the White House, noted that the game has now changed given a variety of factors, including McCain’s recent appearance with Obama at Saddleback Church — and that it is now conceivable McCain could win the White House: ...
Sulli-vating, buyer’s remorse and Dracula remakes
Roger L. Simon —
... , I have discovered even the most soddenly conventional of all MSM purveyors of conventional wisdom - David Gergen - is sounding alarms. And now ...
