Another fine post from Ian Reifowitz over at
Daily Kos
Headline on the Today Show:
"Romney Resumes Campaign; Obama Deals With Storm"
Could we get a better headline than that one, folks?
On the all-important, hugely popular Today Show, we have Matt Lauer
looking serious, sitting next to co-host Savannah Guthrie, who throws it
to Chuck Todd at the White House.
Todd: Mitt Romney actually resumes a full campaign schedule
today in Florida, but President Obama will focus for one more day fully
on Sandy recovery efforts. He'll get that firsthand look of the Jersey
Shore and the damage there later today.
The broadcast also included Christie's remark:
I don't give a damn about election day. It doesn't matter a
lick to me, so let the politicians who are on the ballot worry about
election day. It's not my problem. I'm not dealing with it at the
moment.
In the context of the report about Obama working with Christie, that
only further highlights the contrast between what the President is doing
today, and what Mitt Romney is doing today.
The headline for the report
online at NBC is:
Romney Resumes Campaign; Obama Deals With Storm
Just perfect. While Mitt Romney is out hunting for votes, saying
anything people want to hear, the President will be out there doing his
job. He'll be in New Jersey with Republican Chris Christie,
observing the damage from Sandy up close, working across party lines to help Americans.
It looks like this election got its October Surprise after all. And her name is Sandy.
PS-Please check out my new book
Obama's America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity,
published last month by Potomac Books, where I discuss these issues in
greater detail. You can read a review by DailyKos's own Greg Dworkin
here.
