BG editorial about the media buzz about Hillary and Obama

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/01/17/ready_set/


Given the description the Globe gives here, I certainly hope that they realize that here, in MA, we have probably the one who can do this the best: Senator Kerry.

So, I will finish the Globe editorial for them : run, John, run!!!

As if the others are really focussed on what the BG was covering.

But the information war is where this thing will be won or lost.

I'm still reading that global counterinsurgency article, and how insurgents are able to keep winning against America in Iraq by using information and the media. For example, they don't blow up Hummers for strategic or military reasons, they do it for informational reasons. Basically, Bush who defeated Kerry largely on media manipulation is getting his ass kicked by an insurgency that has deftly manipulated information and the media. In this, there is a lesson -- that perception does indeed win or lose wars, and campaigns, too. So when/if Kerry goes into the race, there MUST be a powerful narrative along with it that the media will find believeable and parrot it. It's not enough that the narrative be true, it must be PERCEIVED to be true.

This will depend on Kerry looking at the caricature of himself that has already been created and see if there is a piece of that, that he can use and expand on. And mold it into his vision which is largely a global one. Energy Independence and securing the world from terror with the 75/25 global counterinsurgency techniques. He is a man of ideas, not personality.

suggesting Gore. It might fit for him too. (but more from post 2002 - now, then his Senate or VP time.)

The media buzz is general is celebrity, but the public wants a seasoned candidate. This is not the time for more spin.

is the fact the Iraq Study Group was really an endorsement of Kerry's ideas on how to deal with Iraq -- both the diplomatic piece from his campaign and the concept of setting a target date to tell the Iraqis that the troops will leave. Although the ISG wouldn't use a DATE CERTAIN, they did put in a goal of the first quarter of '08.

This shows that his ideas have bipartisan support and are well respected by serious people. Most media outlets missed this completely, but some figured it out (Sully did, for example).

him and take him seriously. I was thrilled when I heard he was asked to appear and was included in the report.

that refers to Kerry being right. Broadcast and print.

Even Scarsboro(sp) has quoted Kerry, and I remember William Crystal has said kerry was right at least once. I will check later and see if I find anything.