Geraldine Ferraro interview took place on 2/28--5 days before the Ohio, Texas primaries.

[flpoljunkie]

Ferraro context

Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:51 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC's David Gelles

I just spoke to reporter Jim Farber, who wrote the Ferraro story for the "Daily Breeze" of Torrance, Calif. He told me the Ferraro interview took place on Feb. 28th, five days before the Ohio and Texas primaries. The article ran in the paper on March 7th.

But it's important to remember that Ferraro made her comments at the time when many thought the Clinton campaign was about to go under.

The article ran with the headline, "Geraldine Ferraro lets her emotions do the talking."

This is the quote the campaigns are fighting over:

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," she continued. "And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept." Ferraro does not buy the notion of Obama as the great reconciler.

Farber says the parentheses "(of any color)" is a direct quote.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/11/756868.aspx

[lapfog_1]

1. Is the Daily Breeze a true "daily" paper?

And if so, why did they sit on this story (possibly the one story that puts them on the map) for 8 days?

Why wait until AFTER TX and OH to run it?

Hmmmm?

[flpoljunkie]

2. Exactly what came to my mind, as well. Yes, The Daily Breeze is daily.

http://www.dailybreeze.com

[earthlover]

3. Ferrarro thought she was gonna bring out the white vote I guess....

and the paper delayed it because they were probably embarrassed for her sorry axxe.