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And neither “Barack” nor “Obama” is ambiguous in the slightest…but my point is:
As a public radio producer since 1987 I’ve seen a big decline in real dialogue between candidates and the public in every election cycle. Used to be that most candidates actively sought air time to have actual conversations with potential voters. Now most of them avoid any possibility of an unscripted encounter. Your analysis is spot-on: the political consultants have gained so much control over the campaigns that they won’t allow any chance to go off-message. It may be “safe” and it may even be effective in an electoral sense, but it’s killing democracy.
I remember a press director of a U.S. Senate candidate (not Obama) telling me he couldn’t give us an hour with the candidate for our state-wide call-in talk show, but could “fly him in” for 15 minutes. “Besides,” said the flak, “he only needs 15 minutes to say what he has to say anyway.”
But it isn’t just the willingness to spend more time talking (although conversations do take time). It’s the candidates’ willingness to genuinely engage in dialogue about real issues, and to address earnest questions with thoughtful responses, not canned scripts and talking points crafted by consultants.
By that measure Barack Obama scored very high when he ran for the Senate. It will be interesting to see if, as a rising star and with all the political machinery of a present-day presidential campaign, he can maintain that authenticity. If so, we might have a more interesting campaign ahead.