The Obama Message Machine

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 20, 2012

Mark Halperin, senior political analyst at Time, man behind The Page, and co-author of Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime, discusses how the Obama re-election campaign is controlling its message, from vetting quotes in articles to the "drip-drip-drip" Bain attacks.

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