Trusting Obama

The Washington Times, which has had a reporter traveling with Sen. Barack Obama's campaign for nearly two years, was kicked off the candidate's press plane on Friday.

"The decision came just three days after the editorial page endorsed John McCain," Times Executive Editor John Solomon said. "I hope a candidate who says he wants to unite the country isn't using a litmus test for who can cover him."

The Obama operation also ejected reporters for the New York Post and Dallas Morning News, which have recently endorsed McCain. Room was suddenly made for black-oriented magazines that have not been constant fixtures on the plane: Essence, Ebony and Jet.

Obama adviser Anita Dunn said that the issue is one of limited space and that "anyone who suggests a linkage with editorial endorsements is just plain wrong." Dunn noted that "two of our largest editorial critics are ensconced on that plane, Fox News and the Wall Street Journal." Obama's hometown papers, the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, each received an additional seat. Dunn said that adding a second plane, a common practice in past campaigns, would slow things down and hamper the candidate's ambitious schedule.

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Often credibility and influence go hand-in-hand--the NYT has both, and FR has neither--but they are not the same thing.

I don't think anyone on here has said you have to trust Hillary because Barack trusts her.

We don't know what he does feel about her. There has been no firm offer or official announcement, so he hasn't even demonstrated that he trusts her in such a crucial role.