McCain: "Debating-the-Debates"
There seems to be little hope there will be more than three presidential debates in the fall. One obvious reason is in the post below, Obama refuses. The McCain camp, long proposing ten+ town hall debates, has taken up the "debate-about-debates" to further construct their characterization of Obama.
In a statement posted soon after Obama anointed the CPD debates, reported on TPM Election Central, their themes build, Obama words defect; his real character vialed.
"Unfortunately, it appears that Barack Obama's tough-guy talk on 'duels' this week was just more empty words. Americans are quickly coming to the conclusion that it's better to look at what Barack Obama actually does and not listen to what he says."
And then there is the reoccurring Celebrity narrative ["it might be beneath a worldwide celebrity of Barack Obama's magnitude to appear at town hall meeting"]. Perhaps the McCain camp ought to read Alan Schroeder's Celebrity in Chief. Maybe more people read People Magazine than Foreign Affairs.
