'Over the Head'

"The press knows who the press is for, and it isn't generally the one to the right. This has been true all my life. What has also been true is that the Republican had to get around it with the truth of his stands, the force of his arguments, the un-ignorability of his words, the power of his presence. You have to go over the head of the interpreters and gently seize the country by its lapels."

From "43% Isn't Nothing: Obama looks like a winner, but it's not over yet" by Peggy Noonan, October 24, 2008.