More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Appearing on Tuesday’s NBC Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd touted Hillary Clinton’s supposed best defense against attacks from Donald Trump in a general election: “I do think it raises the importance of Barack Obama as a surrogate for Hillary Clinton. I think you’re going to see over the summer that when she's looking for a character witness, she's not going to turn to Bill, she’s going to turn to Barack.”
Co-host Savannah Guthrie worried over the Republican candidate’s anti-Clinton campaign strategy: “Donald Trump has told reporters now he plans to confront Clinton on these debate stages on things such as her reaction to her husband's infidelities, the e-mail scandal, Benghazi. Is there any potential downside for him?”