Hillary, Obama: Headlines in search of a story
Fox News
by Susan Estrich
What a year this is going to be. Nothing has happened, no one has said a word, and already Drudge is screaming the news: HILLARY PREDICTS: OBAMA CANDIDACY WILL DIMINISH. What do you expect her to say: that it's certain to grow? The idea behind the piece, which appeared the next day in the New York Times, is that Hillary thinks that Obama's prospects will diminish as people realize how inexperienced he is in foreign policy. This is news? If she didn't think that, why in the world would she be running against him? What else do you say about a charismatic newcomer who was a state senator two years ago? The only other nugget in the story is that Hillary reportedly views Obama, the first term senator from Illinois, and John Edwards, the former North Carolina senator and vice presidential nominee, to be her two toughest rivals...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,241317,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
by Susan Estrich
What a year this is going to be. Nothing has happened, no one has said a word, and already Drudge is screaming the news: HILLARY PREDICTS: OBAMA CANDIDACY WILL DIMINISH. What do you expect her to say: that it's certain to grow? The idea behind the piece, which appeared the next day in the New York Times, is that Hillary thinks that Obama's prospects will diminish as people realize how inexperienced he is in foreign policy. This is news? If she didn't think that, why in the world would she be running against him? What else do you say about a charismatic newcomer who was a state senator two years ago? The only other nugget in the story is that Hillary reportedly views Obama, the first term senator from Illinois, and John Edwards, the former North Carolina senator and vice presidential nominee, to be her two toughest rivals...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,241317,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
rudkla - 5. Jan, 14:35
