THE PRESS IS OBSESSED: 60% of Washington Post’s Biden Tax Story Devoted to Palin. Reader C.J. Burch comments: “This is also a factor in the all Palin all the time thing. She wouldn’t be such a rock star if the Dems and the press didn’t depsise her so viciously. They’re going to get worse. She’s going to get more popular.” Yes, if they’d greeted her nomination with a yawn, things would have been much different.
Meanwhile, Ed Morrissey looks at her management style and popularity in Alaska. From the national press coverage, you’d never know she has sky-high approval ratings back home. Meanwhile, still waiting for this kind of exhaustive inquiry into Obama’s background. For contrasts between Obama’s words and deeds, you have to go to the London Times. “The essential problem coming to light is a profound disconnect between the Barack Obama of the candidate’s speeches, and the Barack Obama who has actually been in politics for the past decade or so.”