Only Huckabee has a win in buzz tone over last 2 weeks
by WonkoKevin
A quick study of today’s Wonkosphere buzz tone charts (Clinton, Huckabee, McCain, Obama) indicates that 3 of the candidates have had a rough ride in the last two weeks. It’s probably part tightness of the Dem race, and part campaign fatigue amongst the campaigns, media, and bloggers alike. Only one came out looking sweet, Mike Huckabee.
SPIKE DOWN–Clinton remained at neutral levels the last 2 weeks (all results discussed only reflect the tone of the partisan blogs), but spiked down to dangerous territory yesterday with the “dressed photo” story.
STEP DOWN–McCain was riding a wave of highly positive sentiment until the lobbyist story broke, which pulled him down in neutral territory.
SLIDE–Obama has slid from slightly positive to being on the border of significantly negative. With Obama and Clinton at roughly the same negative level, I think both are getting pulled “down” by the current news cycle.
SMILE–Huckabee’s tone went from neutral to off-the-charts positive, coinciding with his SNL appearance. Lesson for other three: Do more improv comedy? P.S. & BTW–I won’t embarrass them by naming them, but how could some bloggers have thought that Huckabee’s skit was not a skit?
