Comments on: Peculiar Coverage of Obama http://iowaprogress.com/2007/02/12/peculiar-coverage-of-obama/ Politics in Iowa from a progressive viewpoint. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:57:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Ben Weyl http://iowaprogress.com/2007/02/12/peculiar-coverage-of-obama/#comment-7647 Ben Weyl Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:50:00 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2007/02/12/peculiar-coverage-of-obama/#comment-7647 Yeah, that was a strange column. Stupid at times, too. For example, Yepsen writes: "Obama didn't disappoint: 'No Child Left Behind left the money behind,' he pandered." Was that a talking point? A sound bite? Sure. But pandering is when you say things you don't really mean just for approval. We have no reason to think Obama is being disingenuous with that characterization of NCLB. A little too cute? Maybe, but that's not what pandering is. Yeah, that was a strange column. Stupid at times, too. For example, Yepsen writes: “Obama didn’t disappoint: ‘No Child Left Behind left the money behind,’ he pandered.”

Was that a talking point? A sound bite? Sure. But pandering is when you say things you don’t really mean just for approval. We have no reason to think Obama is being disingenuous with that characterization of NCLB. A little too cute? Maybe, but that’s not what pandering is.

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