CBS: Obama’s Berlin Speech ‘Confirmed His Rock Star Status’ |
| Published: July 25, 2008, 12:23 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, campaigns amp amp elections, conservatives amp amp republicans, europe, foreign policy, liberals amp amp democrats, political groups, barack obama, harry smith, jeff greenfield, john mccain, mark phillips, cbs, early show |
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A report by correspondent Mark Phillips on Friday's CBS "Early Show" gave a glowing review of Barack Obama's speech in Berlin on Thursday: "...there is a bit of a morning after feeling here in Berlin after what they're calling the 'Obama show.' But if the intent of this trip was to raise Barack Obama's foreign profile, it could hardly have been raised any higher...The stage could not have been bigger. The 200,000-plus crowd confirmed his rock star status, and his more cooperative sounding rhetoric was what the crowd wanted to hear." On Thursday's "Early Show" Phillips previewed the upcoming speech with the same fawning: "...preparations have been underway for a crowd that may number in the tens of thousands. Such is the anticipation of this Obama visit...Barack Obama of course isn't running for office here, but he may wish he were. Opinion polls across Europe, unofficial ones in newspapers, show that he would have a lead somewhere in the range [ Full article ] |
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