"On the Media"
That's according to New York magazine's
John Heilemann. Re
Barack Obama: "He has managed very successfully over the course of the last year to portray himself as a man of sincerity and a man of authenticity and a man of conviction. And so when we hear him say something that is tactical, we sort of say, well, it's a necessary evil. He's being a politician because he kind of has to right now ...[
Hillary Clinton] came into this campaign with a reputation for being calculating and a reputation for being manipulative. And so everything we see that she does that is actually kind of standard political fare, we all kind of nod sagely and say, ah, there she goes again, just being the manipulative, calculating Hillary Clinton." || More "OTM"
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Political press starts taking a harder look at Obama -- and itself (PEJ)
