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Oh, the indignity:

All three cable news networks carried Mr. Obama’s news conference live and in full. They showed only parts of Mr. McCain’s forum and focused mostly on his reaction to Mr. Obama’s statements. Even Fox News broke away from Mr. McCain midevent to cover the rescue of a bear cub wounded in a California fire and nicknamed Lil’ Smokey.

--Michael Crowley

Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:57 AM with 9 comment(s)

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Rhubarbs said:

Bob Novack is now reporting that McCain will name Lil' Smokey as his VP tomorrow.

July 23, 2008 10:19 AM

Rhubarbs said:

Aw, crap. Novak, with no c, of course. Stupid typos.

July 23, 2008 10:20 AM

bigfish said:

Yes, Rhub, and we all know how good Novak is at leaking names....

July 23, 2008 11:26 AM

blackton said:

you can rerun McCain's forum footage anytime since pretty much every townhall meeting will look the same, Obama's trip is time dated. McCain should just pop a few cialis, take Cindy somewhere nice (they got the money) and relax until Obama's trip is over.

July 23, 2008 11:47 AM

scire said:

yeah, don't quite get why he isn't taking a vacation, but then maybe he's feeling the pressure of time since he wasted the entire primary season basically twiddling his thumbs.

July 23, 2008 12:52 PM

hemlock41 said:

Funny photos!

July 23, 2008 3:29 PM

GSpinks said:

Obama should adopt lil'smokey! And for every big McCain event, the Democrats can stage their own counter-event and feature lil' smokey.

July 23, 2008 9:04 PM

ackyri said:

Where is that silly picture of McCain from anyway?

July 23, 2008 11:01 PM

The Stump said:

It seems to be consensus that this election has become a referendum on Barack Obama. That has some upsides

July 27, 2008 7:12 PM