This is a good move.
Barack Obama did O’Reilly’s show tonight (more of the interview will be shown over the next couple of days), he’ll be on This Week on Sunday morning and then he’ll be on Countdown on Monday night.
This gets him back in the news, but it also provides a stark contrast to the McCain/Palin ticket. John McCain is avoiding the national media and only scheduling interviews with local outlets this weekend. Earlier this week he cancelled an interview with Larry King. You know you’re scared to discuss Sarah Palin when you’re afraid of Larry King.
As for Sarah Palin, it may be a while before we hear her interviewed by anyone. Newsweek’s Howard Fineman reported tonight on MSNBC that after tomorrow the McCain campaign will be sending her back to Alaska at least until the middle of next week so she can spend some time studying briefing books on domestic and forign affairs issues. That’s right, Ms. Governor needs to be spoon-fed what she’s allowed to say before they let her talk to anyone in the media.
This is pathetic, but we should not be surprised. She certainly understands her state issues and she has very clear, extremist views on social policy such as abortion and teaching creationism, but she has never had to formulate, express or defend any positions on foreign policy or national domestic policy.
