Humboldt Republican Women: The problem for Axelrod is that the Obama campaign in 2008 was able to maintain the illusion of a positive, post-partisan campaign while engaging in bare-knuckle Chicago-style brawling. How did they manage to do that? The national media gave them plenty of cover for that illusion. This time around, it looks like the national media isn’t playing along — even CBS is calling BS on 2008, too.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

The problem for Axelrod is that the Obama campaign in 2008 was able to maintain the illusion of a positive, post-partisan campaign while engaging in bare-knuckle Chicago-style brawling. How did they manage to do that? The national media gave them plenty of cover for that illusion. This time around, it looks like the national media isn’t playing along — even CBS is calling BS on 2008, too.

◼ CBS: Obama needs to answer for the tone of the campaign