Obama Had to Go on Fox NewsPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Apr. 29‚ 2008The liberal blogs and MoveOn.org are apoplectic that Barack Obama went on Fox News this weekend. Obama had refused for 771 days to go on the right-wing news outlet after they lied about his past, so to his crowd of supporters his recent agreement to go on “Fox News Sunday” spelled betrayal. But with the Democratic nomination effectively over, Obama needs to start courting general election voters – many of whom, like it or not, rely on Fox for their political news. It would have been hypocritical for a candidate who wants to unite “red and blue states” to continue boycotting how red-state voters get their news. And appearing on Fox News to court general election voters was far less offensive than changing how you vote in the Senate – which is what Hillary Clinton did to pick up “swing voters.” |