Obama's Blog is Boring. McCain's is Enjoyable. Why That's Bad News for the GOP.


	Obama's Blog is Boring. McCain's is Enjoyable. Why That's Bad News for the GOP.

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6-10-2008 5:27 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1c112ea1-6c03-46a8-b552-d6d44ab0f330/302CBF4B-8B6A-4C7B-B780-AC698819ECE0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/06/09/mccain-obama-blog.aspx" href="http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/06/09/mccain-obama-blog.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">www.blog.newsweek.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/06/09/mccain-obama-blog.aspx">For Rospars, an official campaign blog wasn't an informal diary of some
dude's views on the news of the day. What was the point of that?
Instead, it was a tool for harvesting useful information from
supporters--and shaping their perceptions of the race with a steady
stream of positive press releases, videos and news articles.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/06/09/mccain-obama-blog.aspx">I bring this up today because John McCain just launched his own blog, <A target="_blank" href="http://www.johnmccain.com/mccainreport/">the McCain Report</A>--and
the differences between the two sites say a lot about the character
and, I think, electoral chances of the two campaigns. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/06/09/mccain-obama-blog.aspx">As a result, Obama's blog is about
as interesting as a Club Med brochure. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/06/09/mccain-obama-blog.aspx">The
McCain Report, on the other hand, is actually readable.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/06/09/mccain-obama-blog.aspx">Obama's blog is corporate; McCain's is human. The former is highly strategic and goal-oriented; the latter, sort of improvised and messy and fun. As I wrote, I think that says a lot about where this race is going, and it's not good news for McCain.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/302CBF4B-8B6A-4C7B-B780-AC698819ECE0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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