It would seem odd to me, Greg, if I hadn't lived here during the last 8 years. Since I have, no it doesn't seem so fucking odd. They've been doing this for 8 years- the media just publishes whatever bullshit the RNC sends to them.

Who gives a crap if he's presumptuous or not? Could there be a more press-driven non-story than this?

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That Dana Milbank piece is something else. There's no detail in it that is extraordinary for a Presidential nominee, but yet it's all treated as if it were. From the high level of security right down to planning the transition, it's all pretty typical stuff. This is the danger when the press loses perspective and anything past last week is washed down the memory hole.

I bet Obama would welcome the day when he only has one opponent. First, in the primaries, he had Hillary AND Bill.

Now, in the general, he has McCain AND the press. Sure would be nice if he had only one opponent at a time.

This is nothing more than the media doing their "uppity" bit on Obama. I saw this last night on Hardball where they repeatedly played a tape of Obama at a fundraiser stating that his "chances are good". This was, of course, immediately turned in to Obama being "arrogant".

Another prediction: they keep this up and they are going to piss off African American voters worse than they already have.

If I can see that what this is really about is: "Obama is Uppity," then I'm sure others can see it.

Uppity if you do
Inexperienced if you don't

Forget the commander in chief test

What about the SMELL TEST?

This is what the GOP does, Lord knows they can't run on any issues because they simply do not line up with those of the American people this election year. Not one issue. So they attack, rub in the dirt, and use scare tactics. And it's not going to work this year for a change.

My gaydar says that Dana Milbank's just nasty ole queen who's been doin it too long.

Eh ya gotta take the bitter with the sweet...an acquired taste

This whole presumptuous thing is Gore inventing the Internet all over again -- just making stuff up and watching the media lap it up.

It's time for a media critic to call out the media for doing Rove's bidding. This is exactly the seed the in-contempt one planted with his country club comment a few weeks back. Howard Kurtz, earn your pay! (I won't hold my breath.)

Fight back dammit! The GOP Sleaze Machine is winning the narrative war and Obama is doing nothing to combat it. It's infuriating.

It's weird. The media started trying on the "arrogant" tag back during the primaries, and no one really paid attention to it. Then sometime this month, "arrogant" turned into "presumptuous," and they got away with it for a few days, and now they can't control themselves anymore. They're positively giddy. I honestly think they know what it's a code word for, and they can't believe that no one is calling them on it (until now, at least.)

The Republican will jump at anything to attack. The only problem i have with WaPo is that they provide ammunition for negative Ad.

I won't be surprise if John McCain's Ad features this headline.

When you have journalist like Ron Fournier saying Obama is arrogant. We should all know that the rest of DC press will follow suite?

I agree with those who say this is just a one hundred percent media madeup story for the purpose of reminding the stinking and shrinking lot of racists out there that he's an uppity one.

Lots of these folks still buy newspapers after all. They don't know how to logon yet unless their wives (who are infinitely more patient and savvy than they are) help them out.

This is a tempest in a teapot and anyone who's not one of the aforementioned demographic isn't fooled or intrigued by this stuff. I personally think it backfires bigtime. We want to look up to a strong president with something beyond just a bit of swagger again.

But a little swagger is good. Just so one doesn't get too, you know, uppity.

This is not the first time Obama's been labeled presumptuous or arrogant. In the primaries, many Clinton supporters had these same feelings.

Team Obama was able to deflect the criticism at the time by playing the race card. "What, a Black man can't be confident?", "What, a Black man ACTING presidential? What you tryin' to say?" Essentially, Blackman this, Blackman that.

Playing on White guilt works like a charm with Democrats. Too bad the same strategy is entirely ineffective with Republicans.

Just more "red meat" tossed to the GOP and the NOIQ crowd (which is probably the same thing), etc. Hopefully the debates will really draw out the differences between these candidates and set the tone for the fall.

You had to figure something like this would happen with Blue Dogs (i.e. Quisling Dems) in the room. Obama needs to keep in mind that a lot of the people allegedly on "his" side are working for the enemy.

Let's see if I've got this right. First you attack the media for it's overly friendly reporting on your opponent, THEN you attack your opponent confident that the media will give your charges free coverage in the name of fairness and balance

I know I've seen this movie before? What's Howard Wolfson up2 these days

Jonathan Capehart literally used "uppity" in reference to Obama this morning on MSNBC- video here.

seems like obama has a traitor in his midst feeding the press with half-truths to damage his candidacy.

if the obama campaign has a tape of the quote then they should release it. maybe this will also teach them to tape everything obama says to prepare for attacks like this.