Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Riddle Me This.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Chris Wallace says the following:
I would be less than honest if I didn't say that it was quite a frustration in terms of covering the Democratic race because they haven't played with us. Sen. Clinton has been on twice, and that's been great. I certainly feel frustration that Obama has failed to come on. One, I would like to be able to report and cover him, and two, there are millions of people who watch the show and the network, and to a certain degree, not that they don't get their news any place else, they are missing an opportunity to hear the guy ask tough but I hope fair questions. There's some frustration with that, no question about it.
Yes, that would be frustrating. But Mr. Wallace also says:
THR: Earlier this spring, you introduced "Obama Watch," counting the days since Obama promised he would appear on "Fox News Sunday." Then, recently, he agreed. How effective was "Obama Watch?"

Wallace: There were two factors in his decision to come on. One was the "Obama Watch." It gave us a way to dramatize the fact that he was ducking us. Right after we started it, I called one of the people in the Obama campaign who had been putting me off for months. I said, "What did you think of it?" His response was that it was obnoxious.

But now I say it was obnoxious and effective. More important was his defeat in Pennslylvania and his lopsided defeat among white, working class voters.

THR: How did the Obama interview go?

Wallace: I was very pleased with it. It was a serious, substantive interview from a different perspective than he's generally been interview. I think we asked him different questions.
Fascinating! Wallace did, in fact, interview Obama -- approximately three weeks ago.

Chris, have you lost your bearings?

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