Congratulations to the Press!
Mark one up to the press - they did a great job of reminding people of failure. They stayed on message, which is important to do in any campaign. The result - D’s win control of government. Anyone doubt where the press stands? Just look at the evening news - rarely a story about something good happening in Iraq - or something bad about our enemies. Only stories about soldiers dying and errors by the US. Do people really think that we screw up that much without one positive thing happening every once in a great while?
This also speaks volumns to the fact that the Administration has done a poor job in one particular area - winning the message war. They allowed the enemy to control the message - the media loves talking about war, death, destruction, and other negative things. I really wish the Administration would take messaging seriously and start working on it full time. It’s a full time job to make sure that you win the hearts and minds of the people. They haven’t even been doing it part-time.