The US Presidential race looks like a one hose race if the media coverage is to believed. This weekend newspapers devoted extensive coverage to Barrack Obama addressing 200,000 people in Berlin. At the same time John McCain went grocery shopping with a mother and her children - then stopped by a wiener stand. Earlier in the week he was photographed driving in a golf cart with former president Bush (the first one).
Comparing the two images it’s not hard to see who is the media’s darling. When Obama travelled the Middle East news anchors were flown in to host live coverage from each stop. That same week McCain had an Op-Ed refused by “The New York Times.”
This won’t be an election - it’s shaping up to be a landslide.
Yet in the months that await the general election, Obama has to manage his campaign. If it’s presumed he’ll win then supporters won’t bother to vote. And McCain can use he underdog status to his advantage - so long as he’s not driven to the polls by an old man in a golf cart.
