I always figured Obama was above doing combative interviews like that.HashiriyaS14 wrote:
I just think it was all done to goad McCain into going onto a similarly biased show, which will hopefully be even worse for him than O'Reilly was for Obama.
I guess they can't force him to do it, but it seems like it would look bad if he refused now.
Its out of the ordinary for a candidate to go to where he's not liked or at least given a somewhat fair shake. Its pretty transparently silly, and no one therefore expects McCain to do it. People -do- expect McCain and Obama to participate in forums like Meet The Press and the like.
People don't have reverence and respect for OReilly the way they did for Tim Russert (RIP), so Obama gains nothing for doing it.