[scuttlebutt] tittle-tattle and jumping on the bandwagon

Canadian Press reports that Condoleezza Ms. Rice spent some time this week with Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay in his Nova Scotia riding. “Baseless speculation” says Rice herself. One American journalist who routinely covers Ms. Rice was kicking himself for not making the trip north … and that’s where I stopped reading. Was the comment Clive Davis posted about bloggers trying to be the media correct? This is where the blogger should step back and think, rather than join the bandwagon. Although it does make you wonder. If you were a single-hetero-African-American about to vie for the Presidency, would you be checking out possible talent or would your eyes be focused on the task ahead?