Candidates everywhere
Rudy Giuliani filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission and we're supposed to be surprised.
As if it's news that someone who has been jockeying his way to the front of the polls since 2001 has suddenly considered making his decision "official." We all know he's running, yet the media hangs on to every word and every press release as if the public is waiting anxiously on the edge of our seats.
He's in. We all know it. He's just waiting for the best time (as decided by some very expensive strategic consultants) to enthrall us with the big announcement.
Why the media picks a few, high-profile candidates and zeroes in on them (2 years early) is beyond me. I can't make much sense of anything the media does these days, though.
A day doesn't pass without us getting a front-page story on Clinton, Obama, Giuliani, or McCain's bathroom schedule, but candidates like Kucinich, or even Joe Biden can't buy a cover story. Qualifications don't seem to matter when there's Obama's dazzling charisma getting in the way.
As if it's news that someone who has been jockeying his way to the front of the polls since 2001 has suddenly considered making his decision "official." We all know he's running, yet the media hangs on to every word and every press release as if the public is waiting anxiously on the edge of our seats.
He's in. We all know it. He's just waiting for the best time (as decided by some very expensive strategic consultants) to enthrall us with the big announcement.
Why the media picks a few, high-profile candidates and zeroes in on them (2 years early) is beyond me. I can't make much sense of anything the media does these days, though.
A day doesn't pass without us getting a front-page story on Clinton, Obama, Giuliani, or McCain's bathroom schedule, but candidates like Kucinich, or even Joe Biden can't buy a cover story. Qualifications don't seem to matter when there's Obama's dazzling charisma getting in the way.
Labels: media, National Politics
