Joe the Plumber was of little use to John McCain (LAT)

[struggle4progress]

... Obama remains cool .. in the face of .. intentional baiting by McCain, who at times mutters and grunts.
By Mary McNamara
Times Television Critic
October 16, 2008

... Finally, a half-hour in, Schieffer asked the question everyone was waiting for -- would the two candidates now make the same accusations their campaigns and running mates have been leveling?

McCain strangely chose to go on the attack and said he was disappointed at Obama's silence in the face of comments that compared him to George Wallace.

Obama pointed out that he had repudiated the remarks and moved quickly to the high road, arguing that voters were less concerned with the candidates' hurt feelings than with solving economic problems ...

It's hard to imagine that McCain had planned to give the Illinois senator such an easy lob; it allowed Obama not only to look gracious, but to point out that all the recent polls indicate that Americans feel McCain has been too negative ...

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-tvcritic16-2008oct16,0,2115661.story

[Laelth]

1. Obama handled the question brilliantly. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth