The Command Post
2004 US Presidential Election
« No changes in House seats | Main | Minnesota/WI Exit Poll Data »
November 02, 2004
Bush | Bush Invites Pool reporters into White House

ABC News reports President Bush has invited the Press Pool in for a quick interview. According to ABC, this is highly unusual and may have never happened before during an election night.

UPDATE:
ABC Ran the tape, but it did not have any sound. Pres. Bush had his family around him, including his daughters, wife and Pres. Bush Sr. and the former First Lady.
Not sure what the point was….



Posted by Dan Blomquist at November 2, 2004 09:45 PM | TrackBack
Comments

There was sound on the NBC feed - it was just the President sitting with his family, wanting to say that they were watching the returns at home together.

Posted by: Tom Biro [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 09:59 PM

They did it as a brilliant maneuver. Kerry camp only had Joe Lockhart briefing the press from behind a podium at the campaign headquarters, I think it was. You contrast the two visuals and Bush looks extremely calm and comfortable. Kerry isn’t even seen.

Posted by: elgato [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 10:14 PM

Post a comment

Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (Click here should you choose to sign out.)

As you post your comment, please mind our simple comment policy: we welcome all perspectives, but require that comments be both civil and respectful. We also ask that you avoid the extensive use of profanity, racist terms (neither of which we consider civil or respectful), and other boorish language.

We reserve the right to delete any comment, and to prohibit you from commenting on this site, if we feel you have broached this policy. As a courtesy, we will first send you an email noting a violation so you understand the boundaries. This will occur only once, however, and should we ban you from our comment forums we expect that ban to be permanent.

We also will frown upon those who suggest that we ban other individuals for voicing unpopular opinions, should those opinions be voiced in a civil and respectful manner. The point of our comment threads is to provide a forum for spirited though civil and respectful discourse … it is not to provide a forum in which everyone will agree with your point of view.

If you can live by these rules, welcome aboard. If not, then we’re sorry it didn’t work out, and thanks for visiting The Command Post.


Remember me?

(You may use HTML tags for style)