Lighter blogging today, as I’m taking care of the day job (consulting).

Going into day one of the DNC, most analysts suggested that what the Democrats most desperately needed to do was make Barack Obama more human, more connected, and more like average Americans.  So the Democrats trotted out Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama, both of whom did that.  Yes, the other speakers were largely zeroes (especially Pelosi and Leach), but nobody really was paying that much attention to them anyway.

So what’s the response fo the media?  The Democrats missed an opportunity to attack, attack, attack.  They should have gone after John McCain, made him look bad, attacked Bush.

But wouldn’t that have gone against the first meme?  Wouldn’t that have led to pundits saying that the tone was too harsh, too negative?

Of course it would have.  We’re talking about the media here.  Consistency is uninteresting.  Criticism is good. Not having to actually think through what you say is even better.

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