Cabine-try

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Oh, the horror. Josh gives a milemarker to a Politico article decrying the total absence of CEOs in Obama's cabinet.

Hey. I'm a CEO. Can I be Commerce Secretary?
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C&L Totally Nails It

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John over at Crooks & Liars sums up exactly what is wrong with the media's scurrying to adopt the Republican frame:

The media has completely failed to hold Republicans responsible for their inability to work with the Obama administration.

Why are the Republicans obstructing, stonewalling, delaying, spinning, sabotaging and otherwise doing everything contra to bipartisanship? Oh, that's right, Pete Sessions told us: they are aping Taliban.

"Take a Look at the Ad"

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There they go again, the vapid vapors media doin' the heavy lifting for the McCain campaign of the latest whine-and-sheesh ad attacking Barack Obama.

Shame on MSNBC and CNN. This kind of propaganda-pushing we've come to expect from Faux News. But I guess now that McCain's made it the in-thing to toss your honor and integrity out the window, you in the BBQ media are going to play right along.

If you think this is some kind of "fair and balanced" for the media coverage Obama justifiably earned last week for his visits to the Middle East and Europe, let me be blunt: it's not.

And it is pathetic.
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UPDATE: For further thoughts on dogwhistle tactics and the media who help push them, this from digby.

Waterpolling

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This morning, the Oracle of NBC/MSNBC, the man with the magic numbers, on teevee early this morning sayin' Don't believe the polls, they're all over the board, they're not to be relied on. The gospel according to Chuck Todd, uber number-cruncher: Even the gold standard, Gallup, is not to be believed right now...

So why are Scarborough and Mika twistin' the Gallup poll of likely voters this morning and saying Obama's in big trouble? All concern trolling this morning. Along with Richard Cohen at the Washington Post and The Villagers going boogah-boogah, risky business, paperthin.... Gee, Mika says, we're not being fair....

Ya think?

Hmmmm, I've just completed a poll of likely voters in the Sunshine family and whoo-wee, Obama gets 100% of the votes.

Sunshine Poll: Obama 100%, McCain 0%.

Sunshine Poll, more reliable than Gallup. And the bazillion made-up polls floating around. And the media.
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