Politics makes strange bedfellows ... or maybe not
(Vox Verax note: Minnesota Central made reference to this opinion piece by former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum in a recent note he sent to us. See "Obama Reaches Out for McCain’s Counsel" posted earlier.)
The Elephant in the Room: McCain may be Obama's secret weapon
A desire by both men to secure their places in history might forge an unlikely pairing.
By Rick Santorum, Philly.com
I have been to New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington in recent weeks. In those cities, at least, you cannot watch the news, pass street vendors selling T-shirts, or browse magazine racks at the grocery store and not feel good about our next president, his family, and our nation's future.
There is an air of something big, something grand, something electric about to explode upon us. Barack Obama's visage is everywhere. His relaxed and reassuring - even beatific - smile is omnipresent. So are his irrepressibly cute girls and their together mom.
It seems less like a run-up to an inauguration than like a publicity campaign for the latest Hollywood blockbuster. Instead of on billboards, bus sides, and TV and Web ads, the Obama: The Movie glitz comes to us in news reports, magazines, daily papers, and network news shows. It's all part of what certainly will be the longest, most hyped media promotion of an agenda in history.
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The Elephant in the Room: McCain may be Obama's secret weapon
A desire by both men to secure their places in history might forge an unlikely pairing.
By Rick Santorum, Philly.com
I have been to New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington in recent weeks. In those cities, at least, you cannot watch the news, pass street vendors selling T-shirts, or browse magazine racks at the grocery store and not feel good about our next president, his family, and our nation's future.
There is an air of something big, something grand, something electric about to explode upon us. Barack Obama's visage is everywhere. His relaxed and reassuring - even beatific - smile is omnipresent. So are his irrepressibly cute girls and their together mom.
It seems less like a run-up to an inauguration than like a publicity campaign for the latest Hollywood blockbuster. Instead of on billboards, bus sides, and TV and Web ads, the Obama: The Movie glitz comes to us in news reports, magazines, daily papers, and network news shows. It's all part of what certainly will be the longest, most hyped media promotion of an agenda in history.
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