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Campaign 2008 coverage consisted of new opinion poll standings from NBC News and a major policy speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center inside-the-Beltway think tank by Democratic candidate Barack Obama, reported on by CBS and ABC. The poll found that Hillary Rodham Clinton has "solidified her lead" (43% v Obama 22%, John Edwards 13%) among Democrats, according to NBC's Tim Russert, and on the Republican side "resiliency and a widening lead" for Rudolph Giuliani, whose nearest rival Fred Thompson (20% v 33% with John McCain at 17%) not even a declared candidate.
After last week's pledge to conduct personal diplomacy with hostile states, Obama now turned to his military options for the non-state ai-Qaeda. ABC's Jake Tapper (subscription required) heard Obama countenance the invasion of an ally: "He put the President of Pakistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf, on notice," insisting that "if Musharraf will not take action against al-Qaeda in Pakistan's mountainous tribal region, the US should." CBS' Sharyl Attkisson understated that Obama's was "an aggressive plan." She called it "one of the toughest from a Democratic candidate so far."
Bill Richardson's candidacy has not been profiled on a network nightly newscast so far…neither has Sam Brownback's…nor Tom Tancredo's…nor Chris Dodd's…nor Ron Paul's…nor Dennis Kucinich's. How lucky, then, was Mike Huckabee to attract the attention of CBS' Jeff Greenfield? Huckabee "faces the same obstacle that confronts just about every dark horse candidate. If you are not visible, how do you raise money? If you do not have money, how do you get visible?" For Greenfield, Huckabee's gimmick was that "he was born and raised in the small Arkansas town of Hope." The Republican's favorite punchline refers to that other native son: "All I ask is--Give us one more chance!" And by the way, Huckabee has two attention-getting policy positions that are "not always in synch with the Republican base"-- opposed to corporate outsourcing of jobs and in favor of environmental conservation.
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