Posted by Jed Lewison on Wed Jun 25, 2008 at 7:31 PM Pacific

Sen. John McCain (R-MSM)

Two items from Mark Halperin's to-do list for John McCain:

11. Spend a day (or two) in New York meeting with the columnists, publishers, anchors, executive producers, and news division presidents you have known and have cultivated for more than two decades — and remind them why they have always liked and respected you. (a.k.a: rejuvenate the base)

12. And/but recognize that your relationship with the press is different now, and it can’t ever be again like it was in the old days.

I wonder if those are meant to be messages for the media, or for McCain? Either way, they are damning, but damning of who depends on how you read it.

Sen. John McCain (R-MSM)

Two items from Mark Halperin's to-do list for John McCain:

11. Spend a day (or two) in New York meeting with the columnists, publishers, anchors, executive producers, and news division presidents you have known and have cultivated for more than two decades — and remind them why they have always liked and respected you. (a.k.a: rejuvenate the base)

12. And/but recognize that your relationship with the press is different now, and it can’t ever be again like it was in the old days.

I wonder if those are meant to be messages for the media, or for McCain? Either way, they are damning, but damning of who depends on how you read it.

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