corner.nationalreview.com - 9/27/2008
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It's hard to guess what, exactly, the SNL skit will look like. I think the press is congealing around the (erroneous) idea that Obama won precisely because that's what the focus groups seem to be saying, or at least what the focus groups are saying allows the press to get away with claiming ...
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It Isn’t Hard, Jonah
Balloon Juice —
Jonah says:
It’s hard to guess what, exactly, the SNL skit will look like. I think the press is congealing around the (erroneous) idea that Obama won precisely because that’s what the focus groups seem to be saying, or at least what the focus groups are saying allows the press to get away with claiming Obama won (for the record I think McCain won the parts I saw, but I’ve long argued that the press mostly cares what the polls say about these sorts of events). And SNL’s instincts are, lamentably, to go with ...
Yet more debate reaction
Daily Kos —
... Jonah Goldberg: The focus groups and polls that gave Obama the overwhelming victory are all wrong because I say so. And SNL is liberal and not as funny as it would be if I were a writer on the show. ...
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