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The Great Divorce
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Tuesday, September 16, 2008 [image] The Great Divorce [ Rich Lowry ] Here is my column today on the press coverage of McCain. 09/16 11:03 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us This page loaded in 0.007524 seconds. ...

Getting Culture War Ads Right
Ross Douthat — ... of the ad's accuracy. And Rich Lowry writes that McCain's ads "are no worse than Obama's spots ...Obama just ran an ad saying McCain would cut education funding -- with no evidence. His response to McCain's supposed out-of-control negativity is a new negative ad misleadingly creating the impression that McCain aides are currently lobbying for special interests." ...

Must-Read: Lowry on McCain's Bitter Divorce from the Press
Ace of Spades HQ — Must-Read: Lowry on McCain's Bitter Divorce from the Press Irreconcilable differences -- he wants to win, they want him to lose honorably, by which they mean "meekly." Really great piece. With a bit of a hopeful upside: I hope McCain is not too old a dog to learn new tricks. The liberals in the media are not and never were his "friends." He was always just a useful catspaw to them, with which they could claw at hated the Republican Party and George Bush.

Lowry on the media's break-up with McCain
Michael Calderone's Blog — ... on the Straight Talk Express, National Review editor Rich Lowry writes that the dissatisfaction with McCain isn't because he's changed, but because -- unlike Dole -- he has a chance to win. ...

McCain’s media fanatics “defecting” because McCain might win
Rathergate.com — Former John McCain media “fans” — like Joe Klein and Richard Cohen — assert that they no longer support him because he has changed. At NRO, Rich Lowry argues that they’re ditching him only because this time, he has a chance to win. The enduring scandal of the McCain campaign is that it wants to win. The press had hoped for a harmless, nostalgic loser like Bob Dole in 1996. In a column excoriating Republicans for historically launching successful attacks against Democratic presidential candidates in August, Time columnist Joe Klein excepted Bob Dole — not mentioning that Dole ...

Daring To Win?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Rich Lowry echoes Ross: The enduring scandal of the McCain campaign is that it wants to win. The press had hoped for a harmless, nostalgic loser like Bob Dole in 1996. In a column excoriating Republicans for historically launching successful attacks against Democratic presidential candidates in August, Time columnist Joe Klein excepted Bob Dole — not mentioning that Dole had been eviscerated by Clinton negative ads before August ever arrived. The press turned on McCain with a vengeance as soon as he mocked Barack Obama as a ...

The End of an Affair: McCain Realizes Media Dislike Him
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... As Rich Lowry points out, they liked him for more than just that, they liked him because he gave them such extensive access. ...