https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/06/09/obamas-campaign-has-lost-its-groove/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:24:18 -0400<![CDATA[Anyway, the bigger problem with Obama’s press conference was that there wasn’t any news in Obama’s prepared remarks. This really makes me shake my head. If you’re going to call a press conference, you have to give beat reporters something new. New is the root of news. If you don’t say something new, a misstatement is bound to dominate, or an answer to an off-message question. In this case, his response on the national-security leaks would have probably led the stories—as it did Daniel Stone’s Beast report. Not as bad as a gaffe, from the spin-room point of view, but also not what they wanted to put out there.]]>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:10:07 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/06/09/obamas-campaign-has-lost-its-groove-n93185