First, it's interesting that his aides think that
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Second, it's noteworthy that the President has declined to appear on Fox. Why refuse an opportunity to appear on the channel where'd he'd be most likely to reach outside his core constituencies? The whole episode comes across as unbecomingly petulant -- if President Bush had refused to talk to every news outlet that he had felt was unfairly critical of
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The decision suggests that Obama is willing to "reach out" -- but only on his terms, on his territory, where he can be assured of relatively friendly questioning and a largely sympathetic hearing. That hardly bespeaks confidence, does it? And the fact that he's willing to put his own personal animosity toward Fox ahead of what might be the best strategy for promoting his own health care "reform" seems to signal a pretty strong sense of entitlement and a not-entirely-wholesome process of priority-setting.
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