If somehow you missed the hype, there was a big Internet tease yesterday by Drudge and The Daily Caller that there would be a big bombshell video released at 9 pm ET on a certain television program that would change the dynamics of the race using race. So one day later, what is the reaction? Here are some headlines:
- Washington Post, Post Partisan: Daily Caller Plays the Race Card Badly
- The Atlantic: President Obama and the Race Obsessed Right
- Huffington Post, David Linkins: Drudge, Daily Caller Hype Old Obama Speech, Trolling Entire Political World
- Huffington Post Politics: Conservatives' Hyped Up Obama Attack Falls Flat
- Gawker: The Art of the Code-Switch: Obama Morphs for His Audience Just Like You Do
- Daily Beast, Howard Kurtz: Conservative Outlets Push Old Video of Barack Obama Talking About the Poor
- Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan: The Decline and Fall of Tucker Carlson
- Politico, Glenn Thrush et al: Video potential worry for Obama campaign
- Politico, Dylan Byers: Media gives little play to Obama 2007 tape
- Rush Limbaugh: Why Mr. Roads and Bridges Hates Suburbia
- New York Times, Michael Shear: Obama’s Wright Ties Highlighted Again