Obama Travels. New Meda takes it and Runs.
Now, my headline might be a little bit misleading. News organizations are running with this story as well. Anytime a political figure heads to a war zone the public is interested. However, Sen McCain the opposing candidate and other congressional leaders have spent a lot of time in Iraq and Afghanistan. Why now? Is this a political game? Of course it is. All bets are off when it comes to a Presidential race.
Today Obama met with the Iraqi Prime Minister, and is focusing the message on troop with drawl and even some what of a surge in Afghanistan.
In an effort to counter attack media and blog attention from Obama’s travels, Sen McCain made the rounds on the morning shows and ended up making a big gaffe.
There are certain dangers to aggressive media counterattack techniques. The problem is before blogs these things wouldn’t have been posted too youtube in seconds and already circulating through out the blogosphere. The speed of news is accelerating by the day.
The interesting thing is while McCain’s gaffe on Good morning America is all over the Internet, video of Obama in Iraq has yet to be found. I realize it it is only several hours later, but isn’t it interesting bad news travels fast?
There is a Presidential race going on yes, but there is a much more important race going on simultaneously. The race of media. Who can get their message out the fastest, with out gaffes? who can control the message? And who comes out looking as if they are on top?
This is the real race.
