Katie Couric, Take a Lesson From the Pro

When it comes to guerrilla tactics to influence an election campaign, Lehrer is a pro!

Katie, your tactic of linking the McCain campaign to “the Great Depression” by asking Sarah Palin a leading question (If this doesn’t pass, do you think there’s a risk of another Great Depression?) then going to McCain and asking “And using rhetoric like the Great Depression, is that the kind of language Americans need to hear right now?” had you ahead of Lehrer. Well done!

However, Lehrer took it away from you by taking half of McCain’s sweet spot time last night and handing it to Obama.

Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center. I read his post yesterday (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/09/26/jim-lehrer-not-bias-free-moderator) in disbelief. How could a moderator be so biased. I watched for the clues Tim provided.

Lehrer really had his guerrilla tactics together this time! I barely noticed the leading questions and the speech setups, but they were there. The coup d’é•tat, however, was the manipulation of the topic of the debate. Taking half the time allocated to Foreign Policy, McCain’s sweet spot, and giving it to Domestic Policy, Obama’s sweet spot, was sheer genius.

Katie, learn from the pro! Lehrer is way ahead of you in influencing this election campaign.

Kudos to the liberal press for applauding the successes of Couric and Lehrer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!