Comments on: Convention Cheat Sheet http://www.popten.net/2008/08/convention-cheat-sheet/ top ten lists and pop culture rants Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:51:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jamie Antonisse http://www.popten.net/2008/08/convention-cheat-sheet/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Jamie Antonisse Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:42:22 +0000 http://popten.net/?p=81#comment-45 "My only problem: Tuesday night, I was really psyched about her speech, but when I woke up the next morning, the press was full of “Was it enough? Maybe not…” stories." Hillary gave a great speech. This reaction is not a surprise, if you're properly skeptical (cynical?) about the Business Proposition that the 4th branch of government increasingly represents. I think there's widespread consensus that the Dems have a REALLY good shot at this one, even if the polls have evened things up. But in politics, as in baseball, no one cares about a blowout, everyone is riveted by a contest. The press has to spin out 24 hours of things to SAY about this election for the next 3 months. They know that their ratings won't be high unless things are contentious... so it's to their advantage to play DOWN the huge success this convention has been thus far. God I hope I'm right about that. I am knocking on wood as we speak. “My only problem: Tuesday night, I was really psyched about her speech, but when I woke up the next morning, the press was full of “Was it enough? Maybe not…” stories.”

Hillary gave a great speech. This reaction is not a surprise, if you’re properly skeptical (cynical?) about the Business Proposition that the 4th branch of government increasingly represents. I think there’s widespread consensus that the Dems have a REALLY good shot at this one, even if the polls have evened things up. But in politics, as in baseball, no one cares about a blowout, everyone is riveted by a contest. The press has to spin out 24 hours of things to SAY about this election for the next 3 months. They know that their ratings won’t be high unless things are contentious… so it’s to their advantage to play DOWN the huge success this convention has been thus far.

God I hope I’m right about that. I am knocking on wood as we speak.

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