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...required a slight suspension of disbelief to watch NBC's Meet the Press Sunday morning as Tom Brokaw opened with, and kept coming back to, McCain's weakness in the polls in his contest against Barack Obama for the White House. "Listen, I don't have the most encouraging news for you today from the NBC News/Mason-Dixon poll," Brokaw began, as he sat with McCain in Waterloo, Iowa. "Here in Iowa, it now shows that Obama has a lead of 11 points, 51% to 40%." McCain's reply - "Those polls have consistently shown me much further behind than we actually...
...Klein wrote that, asked by tv journalist Tom Brokaw whether health care is a privilege, a right or a responsibility, "Obama began his response with a simple declarative sentence: 'I believe that health care is a right for every American.'" In fact, Obama began his response by saying: "Well, why don't - why don't - let's talk about this, Tom, because there was just a lot of stuff out there." Brokaw replied, "Privilege, right or responsibility. Let's start with that." Obama then said, "Well, I think it should be a right for every American." If accurate quotes...
...example, I do not understand how this $700 billion bailout we have all agreed to is supposed to work. Do you? Does Tom Brokaw? Do Obama and McCain? I suspect that one of them does and the other doesn't. But I don't know. I can't help thinking it would be nice to have a President who understands it. That's the kind of leader we want: one who could get us back to business as usual...
...Brokaw, Tom • ability of to see debate teleprompter is impeded by heads of Obama and McCain •improbability of future career as McCain's treasury secretary...
...typical politician in many ways. The most obvious is in his resolute unwillingness to deliver bad news or make any significant demands on the public. Neither he nor McCain had anything but platitudes to offer when asked what sacrifices they would ask of the American people. Worse, when Brokaw asked if he thought the economy was going to get worse before it gets better, Obama flatly said, "No. I'm confident about the economy...