Behind the Scenes at Convention
Be sure to check out the New West Notes blog today. Bill Bradley has posted video from the California Republican Party convention and Phil Angelides’ counter-press conference.
There is also a charming interview with Angelides’ political consultant, Bill Carrick, who notes to that the “dog days of summer” are long gone for the modern campaign. The final seven seconds of this video offer snippets of a peculiar conversationBradley is having with an unidentified person, in which Bradley says, “…not to have,,, Schwarzenegger do the event with him? That was me.” This, of course, is interesting because one does not often (ever?) hear a reporter talk about giving advice on appearing with a political figure. But we can assume the snippet was included, and not edited out (as were other parts of the conversation), in order to raise interest in Bradley’s insider interactions with different politicians.
Video blogging on the campaign trail by a credenitaled member of the media, who has access to events that campaign interns do not, is sure to provide… Read More