This is no big deal---and I'm no public relations guru---but who the heck is setting up Kerry's appearances? Yesterday was meant to be a BIG media day, the start of momentum-building excitement as Kerry rolls thru the heartland and eventually arrives in Boston. But the pictures on TV depict him in dark suit at a podium, people on risers behind him backed by a big flag---he could've been in Washington. Can you get more boring than that?? Deaver knew that viewers block out such drab scenes...give 'em GOOD VISUALS.
Reporters said the event would highlight his roots in the West, his Everyman side. So wouldn't it have made better copy if they'd had him in casual clothes? Maybe outside with a backdrop of Aurora---like this (preferably with a church in the scene)?
It seems to me all the botox in the world won't fix a bad media advance team. Maybe it was raining, but perhaps umbrellas would've been better than those dull images at the podium.
Did anyone else notice this? Does it point out a critical weakness in Kerry's team?
HLL: given your connection to the media-world, have you noticed this?