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Dems see GOP winning on airwaves
Michael Calderone's Blog — ... Following up, the Washington Post's Greg Sargent has been speaking with Democratic leadership operatives who acknowledged they've been "getting badly outworked by the GOP on the airwaves, and are vowing to take new measures to remedy the situation." ...

REPORT: GOP Lawmakers Outnumber Dem Lawmakers By Almost 2 To 1 In Cable News Stimulus Debate Again
Think Progress — ... .” A “very senior” Democratic aide told The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent that the leadership is “aware of the problem and are taking steps to fix it.” The aide noted that “there is also an onus on producers to remedy this issue.” ...

No liberals on the teevee, redux
Political Animal — ... the "continuing Republican tilt of much of the capital press corps. Not in ideological terms perhaps, but in terms of whose opinions carry weight, whose matter and whose do not." That was true, at the time, as House Republicans were dominating the airwaves, and as ThinkProgress demonstrates, it's still true this week. The next question, of course, is who's responsible for the heavy Republican tilt of the coverage, and what Democrats plan to do about it. Greg Sargent spoke to officials in the Democratic leadership yesterday and they are "privately conceding that they are ...

Rope-a-Dope?
Political Animal — ... for a few rounds, but the president was carefully tiring his rival out, putting his opponent right where he wanted the challenger to be. Now Obama's off the ropes and landing blows. What a comeback! What a great strategy! Except, I'm not at all convinced this is true. For one thing, it appears Obama took a few rounds of abuse because the White House and the party were caught flat-footed, not because of a deliberate strategy. Indeed, Democratic leaders have conceded they need to " fix " their media strategy. For another, the president has taken the offensive, and been far more ...