[TexasNative2000]

Here's may take on why the media is SO intent that Obama use the 47% line.

The national mainstream media is lazy. They do not report the news of what happens - they report their packaged set pieces. For the first debate, they had their packaged analysis lined up for Romney's 47% comment, for Bain Capital, and for Romney's Tax Returns. They were all set to expound on why these were critical issues and why they would damage Romney. I can hear the production meetings - "Okay, David, you do your piece on the 47% comment. George, you take the Bain Capital story. And Cokie, you take the tax return piece."

The only problem was, Obama didn't bring those issues up in the debate. The media expected those issues to come up during the debate and they were prepared to run with them, but they couldn't. To the media, these debates are not news in real-time, they are simply staging platforms for their agenda.

Think back to the post-debate coverage of the first debate. There was a general sense of "What the hell do we say now, other than Romney looked presidential?" They couldn't run their propaganda about the big three issues, because Obama didn't bring those issues into the debate.

The media wants those issues introduced into the debate so THEY can pound Romney on the issues for the next 48 hours.

[muawiyah]

Let's go one step further ~ even Obama has no idea what the 47% is about ~ is it the solid support he has? Is that the number of people not paying federal personal income tax(and isn't that a Ronald Reagan issue). And why would Romney think they constitute some sort of monolithic dependent class when he, Obama himself, knows that one of the largest blocks of hard core Republican voters are low income and pay little or no federal personal income tax.

Remember, in reality, Obama is just an average guy ~ not a genius ~ so something so esoteric as whatever that 47% means is not something he wants to argue with Romney who has already apologized for getting wrong.

Obama would prefer something he can ridicule Romney about so he can get an audience laugh!

And a new teleprompter. Obama would prefer a new teleprompter!

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Good point. I’ve often wanted to also call Rush and say instead of “State Controlled Media” it should be “Media Controlled State”. In truth the actual situation is very much a mixture of both.