Soren Dayton and Townhall.com’s Matt Lewis spent time on the McCain campaign’s Straight Talk Express (The Remix) bus this weekend the Senator’s trip to New Hampshire. Dayton promises us oodles of video from their magical mystery tour throughout the week, though Lewis already has posted a snippet of video from their time with McCain.
Lewis: “Senator I’m from Townhall.com and I’m representing the blogosphere today.”
McCain: “Uh oh! I’m in trouble now.”
Except, of course, that he wasn’t. Dayton’s review of McCain was glowing, citing the crowds’ reactions to him at his tour stops and his comfort talking with the media for hours on end on his campaign bus as evidence of. Lewis’s brief post was equally positive. Both bloggers have promised more commentary and video content to come, though judging from what is already posted I don’t expect any of it to be particularly critical of McCain or reveal any major mistakes on his part. All of Dayton’s McCain videos can be viewed here.
I hope Dayton and Lewis used some of their access to McCain to ask him hard questions that are unlikely to be asked by regular reporters who won’t risk their access to McCain. The video evidence will show whether or not they did, though both have promised to report on their discussion of campaign finance reform with McCain. Evidently this was the policy highlight of their trip.
It should also be noted that this will probably close the deal on any hopes Dayton has to accessing the Romney campaign bus.
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[...] Earlier today I posted on Republican bloggers Matt Lewis and Soren Dayton’s travels in New Hampshire on John McCain’s campaign bus. Their coverage was positive and while both promised further updates, I expressed hope that their updates would include evidence that they asked McCain tough questions and weren’t just along for the ride. Lewis noted that in his time with the candidate, “McCain was never asked a single time (by a regular citizen) about campaign finance reform,” so he and Dayton should be commended for bringing up that important subject. [...]
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