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Annoy the media, defend Palin
MINNEAPOLIS -- John McCain's campaign is using the growing scandal around Governor Sarah Palin's pregnant teenage daughter to revisit an old hobbyhorse: attacking a press corps he once called his "base."
"There's a reason she's got an 80% approval rating and it's not in the New York Times," campaign manager Rick Davis told a Tuesday breakfast session of the New Hampshire and South Carolina delegations.
Davis appeared to label coverage of the governor's teenage daughter Bristol's pregnancy -- which was announced via McCain campaign press release -- as "innuendo."
"Yesterday the whole country is riveted by the tragedy on the Gulf Coast, but what is our media focused on?" he asked.
About Political Intelligence
Glen Johnson is Politics Editor at boston.com and lead blogger for "Political Intelligence." He moved to Massachusetts in the fourth grade, and has covered local, state, and national politics for over 25 years. E-mail him at johnson@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @globeglen. |
