Thoughts on VP Timing from Someone Who Knows Nothing
I know zippy about politics. But here's what I'm thinking about O's timing with the VP stuff (and this likely isn't a novel idea):
Thursday and Friday: let the news cycles be consumed with speculation. No McCain stuff on TV, because all the news outlets are busy having conniptions over when The Text Message will come.
Let 'er rip at about 2 am or 3 am Saturday morning, when it's too late for the newspapers to get it into print. Saturday morning TV will be dominated with talk about The Text Message, leading up to total domination of the airwaves when the Springfield thing is held. Again, no room for McCain in the news.
Sunday: the newspapers finally get to blow their loads over The Text Message ... as well as the Springfield thing. AGAIN, no room for McCain in the news ... at least the big, thick Sunday papers.
Monday: convention time. No McCain for the week.
Seems smart to me -- they will have dominated the news cycle for longer than Obama's vacation, when he was [sort of] out of the news.
Just thinking out loud, I guess.
Thursday and Friday: let the news cycles be consumed with speculation. No McCain stuff on TV, because all the news outlets are busy having conniptions over when The Text Message will come.
Let 'er rip at about 2 am or 3 am Saturday morning, when it's too late for the newspapers to get it into print. Saturday morning TV will be dominated with talk about The Text Message, leading up to total domination of the airwaves when the Springfield thing is held. Again, no room for McCain in the news.
Sunday: the newspapers finally get to blow their loads over The Text Message ... as well as the Springfield thing. AGAIN, no room for McCain in the news ... at least the big, thick Sunday papers.
Monday: convention time. No McCain for the week.
Seems smart to me -- they will have dominated the news cycle for longer than Obama's vacation, when he was [sort of] out of the news.
Just thinking out loud, I guess.
