So Obama thinks he can use his 13 million email addresses to get around some of the media scrutiny on his latest screw ups.
Because of Obama's reach -- 13 million email addresses is a stunning number -- these sorts of tactics (Daschle? Daschle who?) have the potential to quickly re-focus the American public on the economic stimulus package rather than allow people to linger on the Daschle withdrawal and what it says about Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and the president's judgment more broadly.
All of that is not to say the media doesn't have a role to play. But, Obama has a unique ability to end-run the media filter and use technology to make it stick.
First of all, Obama doesn’t need to bypass the “media filter.” The only filter the media has when it comes to Obama is a thick sheet of rose colored glass.
Secondly, I’m not all that impressed with 13 million email addresses. Those people are probably his most hardcore sycophants and weren’t prone to much questioning of The One in the first place. He’s Preaching to the choir. It sure doesn’t seem to be helping his stimulus plan, which continues to lose support from the American Public.
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