I'm betting that KO's commentary is resonating far beyond DU tonight....

[scheming daemons]

...just a sense.

I'm wondering what different audiences are thinking about it

1. The members of the Clinton campaign themselves. I'd love to know if Terry McAuliffe saw it... or the Big Dawg.... or Howard Wolfson.... or Maggie Williams. Are they feeling any shame right now? I know Mark Penn doesn't... everything is "just business" to him. The reason he sucks at what he does is because he doesn't BELIEVE in what he does.... it's just a job to him.

2. Uncommitted superdelegates. I'm wondering if this is affecting them.

3. Party elders... Did Elizabeth and John Edwards watch? I remember them saying that they were big fans of KO. What about Big Al? President Carter? Bill Richardson? Do these people watch KO?


Maybe I'm over-stating it... but I think KO's Special Comment tonight will have more youtube hits than any other Special Comment he's ever done. I think it goes viral.


I think the reason the desperate Hillary supporters are carpet-bombing with the clips of Jeremiah Wright is because they realize the potential impact that KO had tonight.


Maybe I'm wrong.... but that's the sense I have.

[MadBadger]

1. About 1 million probably saw it on TV

Another couple hundred thousand will see it on youtube.

[scheming daemons]

2. Yes... but did the RIGHT people see it....

Did the CLINTON CAMPAIGN see it....


Lanny Davis?
James Carville?
Ickes?
Wolfson?
Williams?
Penn?
Bubba?


HILLARY?????? Did SHE see it?

[MadBadger]

3. They will ALL see it. I mean do you think anybody actually reads "The Scotsmen"?

They probably have people responsible to watch all shows and search for all articles mentioning her.

[Johnny__Motown]

12. I would think so,, even Bush got a DVD of Katrina... and she does watch SNL..

[loveangelc]

4. I HOPE SUPERDELEGATES WATCHED.

[Metric System]

5. I think you're overestimating KO's influence and importance.

[AX10]

6. KO is a cable hack.

[CatnHat]

26. Most of them are

cable hacks. KO is just another hack doing what he does best, tabloid news.

[dchill]

18. Not anywhere near the influence and importance...

of you. I think he's widely known and influential in media world. Otherwise, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, etc. wouldn't even react to him. I've been watching him for years, and watched him before he quit MSNBC "The Big Show" in the late '90's.

[LadyVT]

7. What is KO's commentary?

[ingac70]

13. ....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x104337

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. I thnk you are right, this is being watched by the RIGHT people

the elite watched, and that includes the McCain Campaign, as well as the Clinton and Obama Campaigns

they would have to be stupid not to.

I just hope those who should get it, do.

[zabet]

9. .

:spray:

The vast majority of the people
are not political junkies and do
not use their tv time watching
news shows.

[scheming daemons]

11. Yeah..... but this is the kind of thing that gets emailed to thousands......

...

Youtube links are being sent out from emails all across the country right now.

[zabet]

17. Maybe so but,

the general population
could care less. Even
though we are having record
turnouts, how do those numbers
compare to the whole population
of the US?

[emilyg]

29. You're right.

And not all households have cable.

[grantcart]

10. I had the same thought - wonder what Mondale was thinking?

It about time these guys earned their status

[DURHAM D]

15. I can tell you what Modale is thinking -

Who is this fucking egomaniac?

[scheming daemons]

16. He would never say that about Gerry Ferraro, no matter how much she cost him in '84...

..

[dchill]

20. How do you know what "Modale" is thinking...

and who is the real "fucking egomaniac?"

[DURHAM D]

21. Obama. n/t

[dchill]

23. You can say that after seeing the last four months...

of Hillary's flaming egomania? Really?

[ampad]

14. I think you are right

As I have said time and time again I have lurked on this site for quite a while now. I pretty much studied how things go in this forum. Whenever ones candidate is put in place or as the supporters like to say "attacked" you start seeing all kinds of crazy, desperate post, tit for tat. It's when I witness the tit for tat that I know someone has hit a nerve. I think Keith hit that nerve tonight and many people know it but don't want to admit it. They really don't need to admit it because their actions speak for themselves.

Most of the people I communicate with on message boards watched countdown tonight. Everyone was on pins and needles wondering what Keith would say and how it would turn out. Like you said I bet this special comment is going to be the most popular one to date.

[scheming daemons]

19. Who woulda thought 10 years ago, when KO was doing Sportscenter on ESPN, that he'd turn into ....

our generation's Walter freaking Kronkite.


As far as I'm concerned... he is the most trusted man in the current media.


He took a PRINICPLED risk tonight... one that could cost him future viewership. That makes his words that much more powerful....they obviously weren't for his own personal benefit. He's probably getting tons of hate mail - that is hopefully offset by letters of support.

[dchill]

22. It WAS a principled risk...

And the Clinton's know Keith. I could feel the anguish he was going through tonight. I have NEVER seen such principled risk on live television - Edward R. Murrow was before my time.

[TML]

25. Not from me

I sent one of his bosses a thank you letter for allowing KO to speak the truth, no matter who is in his crosshairs.

I suppose I should also thank Taylor Marsh for posting the email address on her blog. I'm sure she'll love that. LOL

[americanstranger]

27. Speak of the Devil....

I just went to Marsh's blog. Guess what's front and center?

The Jeremiah Wright video. Taylor now takes her cues from Fox News as well.

What A. Fucking. Hack.

- as

[anamandujano]

31. That's really sad.

[TML]

24. You're probably right

I'll be going back to work tomorrow, and I'll be talking to a few friends. Especially the ones who originally voted for Hillary a few months back and have soured on her.

[Awsi Dooger]

28. LOL! Yeah, it will be in all the headlines

I am a gambling man. In fact, I want to thank the Obama backers on Intrade for manipulating a wonderfully ignorant price last week, Hillary basically even money to win Ohio.

Keith's comment isn't resonating anywhere. He forfeited that potential via the slanted portrayal of the past few months. Yankee haters screaming negatives about the Yankees doesn't resonate. It's yawn inspiring. You feel like patting them on the back and offering a pill. Keith was no different tonight. We knew what the theme would be, what the facial expressions would look like, and what the tone would sound like. He had a few variables in choice of words, and nothing particularly memorable there.

I still like the guy but I'll wade through this pompous period. Like I mentioned in the Lounge last night, I've seen it all before, dating to the '80s, his incensed tirades whenever someone knocks baseball. Olbermann never picks winners in sports but now he's found one in politics and is so stunned he's exhausting all the smug and condescending leftovers from campaigns past.

[BzaDem]

30. Sry. You are definately overstating it. KO is just another TV anchor.

[smalll]

32. Yeah, all the trustariaran youngNYC Bumble&Bumble blondes at Cain in their Manolo Blahniks

just eat that stuff up. There are no accidents comrade! Keith's looking to get laid (as per usual.)