Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton went on an all-out TV show appearance frenzy this weekend. Today she appeared on five major programs to speak about her new health care plan and to do some damage control in lieu of her exposed fugitive fund-raiser. Clinton was a guest on the fifth installment of Meet the Press' "Meet the Candidate" series.
Clinton did all of her appearances from a remote location opposed to pre-taping the segments. These appearances are her first since announcing her candidacy for president in January.
She really did make the rounds, hitting Meet the Press, Face the Nation, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, and Fox News Sunday. On Late Edition, Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt responded to Clinton's proposal for universal health care. Following nearly every one of her appearances, one of Clinton's opponents voiced opinions about her policy. Obviously the networks were doing a good job of being balanced, however I'm not sure fairness was their only objective.
Some of the programs are notorious for ruffling feathers for the sake of ratings.
It is a little odd that Clinton did so many "appearances" in one day. I've seen the line-up of camera shots from each of the programs and the New York Times website, and its a little awkward.
Enough is enough. You'd think that publicity should be an ongoing process of developing chemistry with voters. It's not about a blitz in the publics' eye.
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Hey, I get a little weirded out by her crazy media blitz as well. Isn't it a little weird that they had to come all in one day? Awkward much?
I think that she's always seen herself as cold (mostly because everyone else seems to see her like that) so she has to beat that bad reputation and become super-likeable. The only way that politicians can seem to do this, though, is talk to a bunch of TV personalities and hope for the best. I just saw Obama on Jay Leno- weird? Yes. Yes it was.
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