Comments on: Katie Couric: I Got Help Before My Sarah Palin Interviews http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081112/katie-couric-i-got-help-before-my-sarah-palin-interviews/ by Peter Kafka Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:15:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Henry Morgan http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081112/katie-couric-i-got-help-before-my-sarah-palin-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Henry Morgan Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:08:48 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=1021#comment-364 You've missed the point Eric, McCain did have a chance, hell he was up in the polls, after the DNC and the Palin pick. He could have stayed there, if the campaign had been run correctly. This is not to say that it would have been easy. I would agree it would be one of the most difficult ever run against the Obamachine and it's $600 million war chest. But alas, Rick Davis and Co. proved not to be worthy of the ability to pull it together. Davis and Co. missed the boat in understanding what Palin could actually do for them and they mismanaged her. More importantly, they mismanaged "the message" and "the top of the ticket" even worse. But still, to finish behind the Obamachine by only 6.7% in the popular vote, that was quit remarkable in itself. You’ve missed the point Eric, McCain did have a chance, hell he was up in the polls, after the DNC and the Palin pick. He could have stayed there, if the campaign had been run correctly. This is not to say that it would have been easy.

I would agree it would be one of the most difficult ever run against the Obamachine and it’s $600 million war chest. But alas, Rick Davis and Co. proved not to be worthy of the ability to pull it together. Davis and Co. missed the boat in understanding what Palin could actually do for them and they mismanaged her.

More importantly, they mismanaged “the message” and “the top of the ticket” even worse. But still, to finish behind the Obamachine by only 6.7% in the popular vote, that was quit remarkable in itself.

]]> By: Want To Hear What Katie Couric Said Yesterday? Don’t Read Portfolio | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081112/katie-couric-i-got-help-before-my-sarah-palin-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Want To Hear What Katie Couric Said Yesterday? Don’t Read Portfolio | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:04:46 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=1021#comment-361 [...] however, that is a very short story — maybe three or four paragraphs long — and that the text I quoted yesterday was the most interesting part. Here it is again: Couric shed some light on her preparation for the [...] [...] however, that is a very short story — maybe three or four paragraphs long — and that the text I quoted yesterday was the most interesting part. Here it is again: Couric shed some light on her preparation for the [...]

]]> By: Eric Welch http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081112/katie-couric-i-got-help-before-my-sarah-palin-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Eric Welch Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:03:52 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=1021#comment-357 Choosing Palin in the first place was a bigger turning point in the election - maybe. But only if McCain had had a chance to start with. It's beginning to look a lot like he never did. Looks like her trial balloon about running for president in 2012 was shot down faster than a Roswell coverup. I miss the old journalists who had integrity. That triumvirate should be given special darts in Colombia Journalism review for participating in this closed meeting. Choosing Palin in the first place was a bigger turning point in the election – maybe. But only if McCain had had a chance to start with. It’s beginning to look a lot like he never did.

Looks like her trial balloon about running for president in 2012 was shot down faster than a Roswell coverup.

I miss the old journalists who had integrity. That triumvirate should be given special darts in Colombia Journalism review for participating in this closed meeting.

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