Stop the Madness

By Karen Tumulty | January 13, 2008 | +

How do you spend your Sunday if you are a political writer? The Obama campaign has a few ideas:

TODAY: OBAMA CAMPAIGN TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR MISSOURI ENDORSEMENT
Senator Barack Obama and Special Guest to Hold Conference Call

CHICAGO, IL- Senator Barack Obama will host a conference call with the media to announce a major Missouri endorsement.

WHO: Senator Barack Obama
Major Missouri Endorser

WHAT: Conference call with reporters

WHEN: TODAY: Sunday, January 13
9:30 AM CST

Followed by:

Obama Campaign to Announce Economic Stimulus Package

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Former Secretary of Commerce Bill Daley and Obama Economic Advisor Austan Goolsbee to host conference call with the media

Chicago, IL –Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Former Secretary of Commerce Bill Daley and Obama Economic Advisor Austan Goolsbee will host a conference call today with reporters to announce Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package.

WHO: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine
Former Secretary of Commerce Bill Daley
Obama Economic Advisor Austan Goolsbee

WHAT: Conference call with reporters

WHEN: Sunday, January 13, 2008
1:00 pm CT

And then this:

CHICAGO, IL- The Obama campaign will hold a conference call today with Senator Dick Durbin and foreign policy expert Susan Rice to discuss the issue of the Iraq War.

WHO: U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and Susan Rice

WHAT: Conference call with reporters

WHEN: Sunday, January 13

2:00 PM CT, 3:00 PM ET

So, of course, the Clinton campaign comes back with:

Rep. Jim McGovern, Fmr. Assistant Secretary of State James Rubin, and Campaign National Security Director Lee Feinstein Hold Conference Call TODAY to Discuss Sen. Obama’s Iraq War Record

WHAT: Press Briefing **Via Conference Call** about Sen. Obama’s Iraq War Record

WHO: Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)

Fmr. Assistant Secretary of State James Rubin

Campaign National Security Director Lee Feinstein

WHEN: TODAY, Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 2:45 p.m. EST

I sent Clinton campaign spokesman Phil Singer an email asking if this was the beginning of some kind of teleconference arms war, to which he replied:

I smell a swampland posting!

Yup.

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