Excuse me? Chuck Todd just said Obama/Biden are scoring higher

in polls scoring the debates because McCain and Palin are "being graded on a curve" and. Thus, have to jump through more hoops while Obama and Biden are "being given the benefit of the doubt."

Why is it so hard for these people to jst say that Obama is doing a better job and is beating McCain?

Good Lord!

Yes, Palin's expectations were very hard to beat.

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When Bush met his low expectations everyone ran to congratulate him, now people are frighten Palin met her low expectations. The debate game has changed in the publics mind and the pundits are way behind.

He's just another MSM tool.

He really should be fired over that. Palin is the one who was obviously graded on the curve. What a complete fool.

"being graded on a curve" is codespeak.

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Obama and Biden aren't being given the benefit of the doubt. They're just the kids who raise the curve. :D

Seriously, that makes NO sense at all!

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But Chuckie's thinking about bigger things, like how he'll replace Russert and make obscene amounts of money someday.

And that's why Obama and Biden are given the benefit of the doubt. (Not that I believe it.)

Guess he needs that republican bribe money to pump up his 401k... Todd is working for the man.

I think he is a cynical opportunist who knows that as soon as he announces that his little map has no more surprises he is suddenly out of face time on teevee. Thus he will try to spin a horserace til the end.

i don't care what anybody says.

I still think he is a democrat, I remember even two, three months ago, he would call things straight, and would have a little twinkle in his eye when talking about BO or other dems, but I think he has been fully assimilated into the corporate press - where you don't get past GO unless you carry water for the right wing/marginalize Ds.

I saw this segment, and it was painful to hear a guy I THINK is a D ernestly make a prototypical, counterintuitive right wing rationalization.

REALITY - McCain offers NOTHING, and Palin is a trainwreck/BO is the smartest, most decent and magnanimous MFer out there and Biden is sharp and clearly has a big heart. How that somehow means McCain and Palin are being viewed harsher is beyond any reason - particularly Palin who CAN NOT POSSIBLY be viewed harsh enough.

The corporate media stars are TRYING THEIR HARDEST to make sense of what McSame & Failin say all the time.

People like Chuck try really hard to present McLame's statements and policies as though they were sensible when we know they will fail because they already have failed.

And I think that the corporate media management tells reporters they must bend over backward to hide their own preferences. So, since Chuckie likes Obama, he tries very hard not to say anything nice about him so he won't be called upstairs for a chat.

if you're graded on a curve, you're graded higher, not lower.

obituary after McCain/Palin bounced ahead a couple days after their convention, he's an ass.

the doubt doesn't it?

McCain and Palin are being graded on a curve, at least by the media. The people are being a bit tougher.

They want a horse race to boost their ratings. They are scared to have a blowout, because no one will tune in to see them. While Chuck Toad et al., are calling it neck and neck right down to the finish line, they people in the stands can see that it's Obama by 10 lengths in the home stretch.

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I guess he's mad at all the emails he's gotten over his other McInsanities, so he's just gonna keep revving it up. I can't wait to see that dickhead eat shit on election night. He can share a giant shit hero with David Gregory.

In his mind McSame is better and he doesn't understand why the polls say he is loosing.

some higher-up has gotten to him. He was pretty objective I thought during the primaries with his talking numbers appoach. He should stick to only numbers and let Keith and Rachel handle the rest.

He said that McCain/Palin are being graded on a curve as to whether they will bring the change from BushCo policies that
the country so craves because they are from the incumbent party while Obama/Biden are given the benefit of the doubt
by the public as to whether they'll bring change because they are Democrats.

What he said was perfectly reasonable. You can fault him for other stuff he's said, but this statement wasn't out of line.

He said this in response to a question about why voters picked Obama/Biden as winners of the debates by almost 2-1 over McCain Palin. It's ridiculous to claim that this disparity is due to voters holding McCain/Palin to a higher standard on the issue of change. If that were the case, they would have ALWAYS trailed Obama.

I stand by my point - too many people in the media are falling all over themselves coming up with convoluted justifications for Obama's lead instead of just stating the obvious - he's running.a better campaign and is connecting with voters far more effectively than McCain.

it's the media that is doing it.

instead of the plain truth - McCain has actually been held to a LOWER standard than Obama and he hasn't managed to even meet that.

It's ridiculous to say that Obama is being held to a lower standard - flat out ridiculous.

For example, until about 15 minutes ago, it was Obama who was constantly being beaten up over the fact that a small percentage of a narrow demographic of white voters weren't voting for him - "why can't Obama connect with white voters?" was the refrain. On the other hand, McCain was never held accountable for his failure to attract more than a negligible number of black voters or for not even bothering to try.

Before the first debate, all we heard was how great a debater Obama was and how he was going to have to be a silver-tongued marvel in order to beat expectations. And when he did a great job, the pundits initially gave the debate to McCain - until the polls came in and they acted SHOCKED that people thought Obama had done a better job.

Obama not only has consistently been held to a higher standard and that standard has been raised every time he met it.

It reminds me of the way the triumphs of black athletes are attributed to their "natural" grace and athleticism while white athletes are praised and idolized for their hard work, commitment and heart. Obama's successes are treated as no big deal because theylre based on a "natural" set of talents, while McCain, the "everyman" has earned his every success and deserves a few breaks.breaks just because he's giving it all he's got.

What BULLSHIT.

:eyes: What a dumb asshole!