Palin campaign to shift media strategy

[WI_DEM]

(in other words only friendly venues from now on and no questions on policy)


SEDONA, Arizona (CNN) – Sarah Palin's interview Tuesday with conservative talker Hugh Hewitt gave the vice presidential candidate a chance to showcase elements of her life story and demonstrate some of the folksiness that's been central to her political success.

It's exactly the kind of interview that voters can expect to see from the governor in the coming weeks, according to a Palin adviser, who recognized that there is hunger in Republican circles and among the public at large to see a less-scripted, more authentic candidate. That means more comfortable settings like conservative talk radio, and fewer opportunities for Palin to stumble, as was the case with a pair of high-profile network interviews with ABC and CBS.

"We're going to be continue to put her in settings where she has an opportunity to shine, to be on offense," the adviser said. "We've gotten very good feedback from the public from Hugh Hewitt interview."

The adviser suggested that the campaign's efforts at damage control following Palin's interview with Katie Couric may have been hampered by the fact that the governor wasn't doing more friendly interviews to counter her flubs on Russia and the congressional bailout bill, which have reverberated throughout the blogosphere and even turned Palin into a punchline on Saturday Night Live.

"We acknowledge that perhaps she should have been out there doing more," said the adviser, who argued that "it's not fair to judge her off one or two sound bites" from the network interviews.


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/01/palin-campaign-to-shift-media-strategy/

[Starry Messenger]

1. What the heck?

If she's veep is she only going to talk to the "nice" countries?

[high density]

2. I think Bush has consumed this nation's patience with "folksy"

Time for somebody who is "smart" and "knowledgeable."

[anonymous171]

3. The McCain campaign is turning her into the first lady.

Pretty sexist if you ask me.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. Have they exhausted the "Willfully Dim-Witted" approach?

What's next? "Aggressively Stupid?"

[gatorboy]

7. "Maniacally Moronic"?

[PretzelWarrior]

9. Galactically Stupid -- A Few Good Men

[leftynyc]

5. What utter stupidity!!!

They don't think people are going to notice that the barracuda is scared shitless of being interviewed by a real journalist so they're going to serve her up on Rush, Hannity and every other right wing asshole. So, first they just thought that women were stupid enough to vote for her by virtue of her being born with a uterus and now they've decided the men are just as stupid.

[ErinBerin84]

6. good feedback from that Hugh Hewitt interview?

Let me quess where that good feedback was from...


:rofl:

[WeDidIt]

8. KABOOM!

That's the sound of the McCain campaign blowing up in desperation.

Doing only right wing venues does nothing for your campaign, John. Time to quietly give it up if this tactic is what passes for a "media strategy".

[TwilightGardener]

10. I wish Tim Russert were still here. I'd like to see what he would do with her.

[CoffeeCat]

11. Her handlers are just as dumb as she is!

Yeah, sure--let's put her on conservative talk radio and let her bask in the glow
of the Limbots!!!!!!

:rofl:

Dear Lord. Sure, the nutjob base will love it. They love her anyway. If McCain wants
to win, he needs to convince the Independents--intelligent, politically savvy people--that
she's more than a human meatball with mascara--waiting for Putin to rear his head over
Alaskan skies.

Guess they're not interested in the Independent voters. That's quite all right...McCain camp, you
just keep making your major blunders--and we'll keep reaping the benefits.

Have fun interviewing with Rush and Hannity, Sarah! Wow! What a challenge! :rofl:

[Cha]

12. Yeah, those delusionists just want to be pretzeldents

of the whack fundies.

[Czolgosz]

13. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

[blondeatlast]

14. So she's a--what's the phrase--oh, yeah--incompetent coward? Check. nt

[TornadoTN]

15. "Very good feedback from the public from Hugh Hewitt interview"

That's really good feedback to take to heart. You know, feedback from the people that are eating out of your hand to being with.

It's uncanny that they are actually this myopic in their view of this campaign. I guess they've shifted to "Ah hell, just make sure the base turns out so we can run Palin again" mode.

[Larkspur]

16. So basically they're grooming Sarah to be a Faux News pundit

By regulating her to Reich wing talk radio, they have abandoned moderates and the "swing" voters.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

17. So her campaign is switching from no press conferences to no press conferences?

[sufrommich]

18. In other words,she'll be preaching to the choir.

They've figured out that she brought nothing to the campaign and now she will be relegated to where she can do the least amount of damage.

[bobd0]

19. Moron Joe was touting precisely this strategy today

While trying his best to pin the blame for this economic mess on Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi. I'm no fan of Pelosi's but pinning this on the Democrats after eight years of Bush is beyond moronic, even for Moron Joe. I always say this clown isn't to be trusted because he's nothing more than a Republican mole. The reason I call him Moron Joe is; if he actually believes anyone other than his "redneck riviera" brethren are falling for his line of bullshit, then he has to be a moron.

[VWolf]

20. Meanwhile, Obama has the courage

to do an interview with BillO.

Who's the coward?

[Skidmore]

21. In other words, she'll be guest hosting with Limbaugh, Hannity, and

whatever RW frothing media host they can book for the next month. They'll ask her hard hitting questions like her favorite color or food and have their personal friends call in to gush adoringly.

[speedoo]

22. OH NOES!!!!

They will lock up Oklahoma and Utah with that strategy. Maybe even Arizona!! And Wyoming!!

We are in terrible shape now!!

Dastardly Republicans have done it again.

[sharp_stick]

23. Judge her on One or Two sound bytes

My God man she was judged on several minutes of painful vacuous crap emanating from her freaking pie-hole, not one or two sound bytes. Your candidate is a moron plain and simple, you know you want to admit it but can't do so until Nov 5.

[jillan]

24. Hello? We are talking about a woman that could end up as POTUS one day.

Flattering interviews are not what we need right now.

[cemaphonic]

25. Sounds like they've given up on POTUS, and are just trying to salvage what downtickets they can.