Tucker Bounds
McCain Spokesman on Palin Debate Stakes, Why She Actually Does Know Foreign Policy
ST. LOUIS—Asked by reporters in the media room here at Washington University how nervous he was about tonight’s debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds said that he was “an even-keeled five.”
He tried several times to downplay the significance of tonight’s outcome, arguing that, historically, vice-presidential debates have not been decisive in determining the winner of the election. read more »
Pumping McCain: Is Sagging Ticket Beyond The Palin?
Ever since Sarah Palin crinkled her nose and dismissed the media and “all those reporters and commentators” during her speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, the media strategy of John McCain’s presidential campaign has been to assault it as biased, inaccurate and elitist.
It doesn’t seem to be working out so great.
Not only have the refs, by and large, declined to be gamed—the coverage in The New York Times has often been harshly critical and, by Times standards, remarkably unequivocal—but the media-hating public has reacted, more or less, with indifference. After holding a brief, post-convention lead in national polls, Mr. read more »
