Watch it yourself: Hillary Clinton meets with Indiana journalists
Having participated in similar sessions ourselves, we can't in good conscience bill Hillary Clinton's sit-down today with the editorial board of the Indianapolis Star as "must-see" TV.
But see it live you can, via the magic of the Internet, at IndyStar.com. The proceedings kick off at 3 p.m. EDT (which, for the time-zone challenged, is noon PDT).
Barack Obama met with the board last week, and the high points of that dialogue are available at the same site.
-- Don Frederick
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Posted by Don Frederick on April 29, 2008 in Campaigning , Democratic Politics , Indiana , Newspapers , Presidential Campaign | Permalink
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000.
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I actually do find these "must-see TV". The stump speeches rarely change, and editorial boards ask MUCH better questions than debate moderators! (And not just Stephanopoulos - I still remember that student forced to ask Hillary that "diamonds or pearls?" question instead of the serious question she had prepared.)
I don't know why Obama always goes first, while Clinton's team is always reported as "still working out the schedule". I expect Clinton's team wants to study the videos before they tell her what to say. Still, a bit surprising after Clinton's complaints that she always gets asked the first questions in debates.
Posted by: Tom J | April 29, 2008 at 10:54 AM