Campaign Updates and Media Headlines 7/29/08

by: Caro

Tue Jul 29, 2008 at 12:45:16 PM EDT

USAT/Gallup: McCain Moves Into National Lead (Political Wire)
Sen. John McCain moved from being behind by 6 points among "likely" voters a month ago to a 4-point lead over Sen. Barack Obama, 49% to 45%, in the latest USA Today/Gallup Poll. The poll was taken over the weekend. McCain still trails among the broader universe of "registered" voters, 44% to 47%. This poll is separate from the Gallup Tracking poll which today shows Obama ahead by 8 points among registered voters, 48% to 40%.

Obama's Tabloid Strategy (Political Wire )

Bonnie Fuller -- the creator of today's celebrity journalism -- comments on the Obama family being photographed for the cover this week's People magazine and notes "it's apparent that Team Obama has a clear and clever presidential marketing strategy: present Michelle and Barack as the beloved Brangelina of the political world."
Maybe this is to counter the tabloids at the supermarket checkout counters that claim Obama is having an illicit affair and that Michelle is leaving him.-Caro

Is Anything Sacred? (The Plank, The New Republic)
Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv was lambasted for printing the note that Obama placed in the Western Wall, allegedly stolen by a Yeshiva student... But according to a statement from Ma'ariv yesterday, the paper alleges that the Obama campaign actually leaked the note to reporters before Obama even placed it in the wall.* Yediot Aharonot, Israel's most popular daily, claims to have also received a copy of the note but decided not to print it.*

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Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

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Campaign Updates and Media Headlines 7/29/08 | 2 comments

Ad Age wrote on the Obama's People Mag Strategy (0.00 / 0)

They're marketing their kids, their whole selves to america. Which I guess is what candidates do, market themselves. But it was detailed into what the girls wore: the little one wore a t-shirt with a peace sign, the Ad Age columnist said that sent a subtle message that Obama would bring world peace.

Barf!

by: catfish @ Tue Jul 29, 2008 at 13:07:11 PM CDT

Floating Head, Polls, and Prayers (0.00 / 0)

On the People cover, MO is just a floating head. She is now disembodied. I don't know how much more in the background they can put her without leaving her out of the photo completely.

[Polls] Since yesterday, Obama's lead continues to slip away (wake up Super Delegates). He lost another point in Gallup's tracking' poll. From today's USA Today:

Another poll from Gallup that's slightly different than others it has released the past two days -- but is consistent in the sense that Republican John McCain again gained on his Democratic rival, Barack Obama.
Gallup just announced that its daily "tracking" poll on the presidential race shows Obama leading 47%-41% -- a 6-point advantage that's down 2 points from yesterday and 3 from Sunday (when Obama lead 49%-40%).

[Prayers] Of course the Obama campaign leaked that prayer. DCMediaGirl at No Quarter says (w/vid):

Now. What is the likelihood that some thief could make his way through this media, security and Rabbi scrum (nice yarlmulkes on the Secret Service detail BTW) and surreptitiously make off with the exact note that Obama crammed into the Kotel? I don't mean to get all Oliver Stone on you all - but just think about it.

Alice left me in Wonderland.

by: grlpatriot @ Tue Jul 29, 2008 at 16:02:15 PM CDT

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