By Patrick Appel
A reader writes:
200 journalists apply for
5040 seats on a campaign plane. Ryan Lizza, along with149159 other reporters, didn’t make the cut and this is a story?
Point taken, but Joe Gandelman also has a point:
If this was mere happenstance, then it’s an example of poor and short-sighted staffing. If this was unintentional, it gives the appearance of payback and shows the kind of sloppy staff work that can sink campaigns and that the Obama campaign has notably not shown in the past.