Barack Obama told Matt Lauer this morning that it was bad judgement for him and his family to allow the Access Hollywood interview, as it contradicted what he has demanded all-along. Despite his insistence on his family being left in private and out of the election, the Obama Family did an entire segment for Accesss Hollywood, covering a family birthday celebration.
It’s nice of Obama to admit the bad call, but hasn’t his entire campaign been based on his somehow-superior judgement? Kind of undermines his argument when days after its airing, he realizes that it was a bad idea to allow a national television show to do a full segment on his personal life after he had long-demanded privacy.


by Stephan Tawney on July 9, 2008