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When is Obama going to respond?
I understand the concept of "staying above the fray". In light of the McCain camp going negative, and yes, they're going to stay there, when is Obama going to respond? Attack ads work. There is no doubt about it. Especially being a non traditional candidate, I don't think that he can just "rise above it" and win in November. I'm no Obama cult member, but I'm forced to vote for him in the general. Unless they're waiting until after the convention for a blitz, I don't see how, with all the recent changes in positions, he is going to win in November.
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Well from the horse's mouth (Obama at his presss conference yesterday)
`... he signaled that he would not be tempted to go on the offensive with negative attacks of his own. “What I think we’ve got to do is just keep on driving home the essential message of this campaign -- which is we’ve got to change business as usual,” he said. “We’ve got to change economic policies, and we’ve got to change Washington. And we’ve got to change how our politics is done.”
Here's hoping he at least focuses on the `change economic policies` and that integral to that focus is major and forceful highlighting of McCain's shocking ones.
August 3, 2008 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gallup has them even now 44-44. Obama lost 9 points since this time last week.
August 3, 2008 9:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
On the other hand the Pew Hispanic center poll showed a decisive 66% of hispanic voters queried intend to vote for Obama....
And....three economic models that have been very successful forecasting presidential elections since WWII are all unanimously saying Obama will win in November by 52% to 55% margins. Maybe even higher if the economic climate continues gloomy.
Both items from Reuters.
August 3, 2008 11:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama opted out of public financing for the general election. McCain wants to bait Obama into a negative back and forth before the general election funds kick in. Meanwhile, Obama is saving his money until McCain is on a limited budget and then he'll nail him hard.
As we learned during the primary season, Obama is a very effective political counter-attacker. If you hit him, he takes note of it and gets you back later. He doesn't let any despicable attack go unrewarded.
For example, take Hillary's Commander-in-Chief threshold charge. Obama hit her back even worse. During a conference call the day before the PA primary, a veteran on the call claimed that Hillary didn't have the moral authority to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier on Memorial Day because of her Bosnia sniper fire lies. OUCH!
That's Obama's modus operandi. Counterattack in a way such that you hit your opponent hard but don't take too much heat because your opponent started the fight first. Few people like violence and starting fights, but everybody believes in the concept of self-defense. McCain will get his as soon as his general election funds kick in.
August 4, 2008 3:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
From March 1 onward, Hillary smashed Obama in the remaining primaries but his lead built up in poorly-attended caucuses was insuperable in light of the superdelegates' refusal to antagonize the black base of the party.
Hillary's attacks worked but it was too little too late by the time she took Obama serious enough to go after him with gloves off.
By the time the 527s and Jeremiah Wright's book tour in the fall are done, Obama will be reeling.
August 4, 2008 3:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
I've noticed you seem to have a profound emotional investment in seeing Obama lose. I hope you're not too disappointed when he doesn't.
August 4, 2008 10:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
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