Bush walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, August 27, 2008. They spent the last several weeks at their ranch in Crawford, Texas. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
by Mark Silva
DENVER -- It's inevitable.
When "thousands of Democrats gather in a huge stadium to nominate one of their own to run for president,'' as Johanna Neuman notes at Countdown to Crawford, and "the president is an unpopular incumbent, and a Republican, they tend to boo. ''
Monday's speakers were restrained, mentioning President Bush a mere 14 times over seven hours.
But Tuesday revealed "a pattern that could escalate through the week,'' she suggests.
More speakers -- up from 44 to 52 -- mentioned the president more often. In fact there were 61 mentions of Bush, more than one per person.
"The Tuesday tally was given a huge boost by Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel.
"The Chicago politician, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, is sometimes called Rahmbo by his colleagues, a tribute to his passionate debating. In the long-running primary saga between Hillary Rodham Clinton, who he worked with in the Clinton White House, and fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama, Emanuel was famously neutral -- and uncharacteristically silent.
But, by Neuman's count of his speech Tuesday night, "Emanuel was not neutral about Bush, posting a 2008 Democratic National Convention record of 13 mentions.''
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Comments
It's inevitable.
Mark Silva cannot mention Pres. Bush without mentioning Bush's poll numbers. But somehow Mark Silva can write about a member of Congress such as Barack Obama and not mention that the Democrat-run Congress has lower approval numbers than the president.
Now wonder the media gets record-low poll numbers on trustworthiness. Yet another poll number Mr. Silva avoids mentioning.
It's inevitable.
Posted by: Bruce | August 27, 2008 6:07 PM