I would have expected that, among journalists, it would have been the vast majority who would have been able to identify freedom of press as one of the rights of the First Amendment. |
It's a great issue for her to run on. Most people in this state are not supporters of the war. That's the kind of issue a challenger needs to unseat an incumbent. |
She loses some legitimacy. She lost an opportunity to make a real statement. |
What both of them absolutely need is name recognition. Right now, they're known in their own cities. Anything they can do to increase their name recognition is probably what they're trying to get over the past week or two. |