Posted by Jed Lewison on Thu Jul 31, 2008 at 1:38 PM Pacific

Rick Davis Tries to Defend McCain's Low Road

Andrea Mitchell's good week continues -- she just gave McCain campaign co-manager Rick Davis a very hard time during an interview on MSNBC. He really struggled to explain McCain's tactics.

One can only hope that more reporters follow her lead -- and that she sticks with it.

(One thing to note: when Davis accuses Barack Obama of playing the race card, the quote he is referencing is a standard line that Obama has been using the entire campaign. There's nothing new about it.)

The action starts about two minutes into the clip.

A little too much "a pox on both houses" for my taste, but I freely admit that I'm quibbling. Overall, especially by MSM standards, Andrea Mitchell gets her second A+ in the past week.

(h/t: Ambinder and commenter mainer)