I had hope that Tony Snow would help, but his words disappear just as quickly as the President's. The press is also good at ignoring conservative Senators and Congressmen, military heroes, grateful Iraqis, and thankful Katrina victims.
I agree the President's message doesn't get out the way it should. My only disagreement is that I think whoever the Republican nominee is, he will immediately fall into the Black Hole and we will see no coverage.
My first experience with this was after the democrat convention. Bush was campaigning with McCain on a train through central Florida, and it got ZERO coverage. A Citizen Reporter and I had to start daily threads on what was happening in the campaign (with the help of a friendly and now working elsewhere Reuters reporter) and posted photos of Bush's actual apperances, because so many Freepers thought he was back in Crawford taking naps.
It's just something to think about. Guiliani might capture some press durring the early part of the campaign, but if it looks like he is going to win he will disappear from our TV screens.
Well, in NYC Rudy dealt with a very hostile press corp all day, every day, for most of his tenure, and he got his message out. We have to put our best foot forward, but you raise a very legitimate point.
Reagan is the only conservative/Republican I can think of who actually captured and commanded the public's attention. It can be done, it's just rare.