[Laverne]

Reliable Sources:

VEEP speculation; Celebrity Ad, Race card, Olympics, O’Reilly are the topics.

First up: The bimbo eruption (which is what Howie is calling the celebrity ad). Shows the celebrity ad, but doesn’t show the “ONE” ad.

Simon (Politico), Stoddard (the hill), and Felling (whoever he is).

HOwie calls the comparison “silly”. Simon says the ad was incoherent (which means it really really worked). Simon calls it a “grumpy old man commercial”.

Howie says the ad is childish. Felling says the ad is insulting. But, hey we are giving it a lot of coverage.

Stoddard: The ad is over-the-top and tacky. Comparing Obama to airheads is really offensive. The ad is effective thanks to the media for playing it again and again.

Howie asks about the imbalanced coverage: Felling: there is star worshiping by the media; and the more McCain spot lights it the coverage will get dimmer and dimmer on Obama.

Howie asks about the WSJ statement about Obama being too skinny?

Simon: He thinks its silly season and this WSJ article shows it. Obama will wake up to the fact that he needs to show some “false” humility. Simon loved the “ONE” ad, which HOwie refuses to play.

Howie asks about the VEEPSTAKES, and remarks about the media making stupid statements regarding veeps.

Stoddard says the media plays the game because the campaign gets dull, so they like to guess.

Simon: The real sources aren’t talking and some names being floated are just candidates being nice to people.

Felling: Palin from Alaska is the dark horse for the republicans. He equates it to March madness. Its nothing but filler time for the cablers.

blah, blah, blah

[ThreePuttinDude]

Did someone mention, Palin from Alaska?

[maica]

That ad was really effective. I even saw commentary about it on the TV Guide channel!

[Bernard]

Simon: He thinks its silly season and this WSJ article shows it.

I'm surprised we are not hearing more liberals downplaying the validity of polls taken before (Labor Day, the convention, pick a date). Other than Dan Rather nobody has really played it up yet, but that might be changing soon as the 9-Day Tour bounce continues to not materialize.

Or maybe they are afraid of saying something that Obama doesn't want to hear.