Letters to the Editor
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Good!
Somebody throw water on the Wicked Witch already.. sheesh!
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Comebacks
Every time McCain or one of his surrogates says "Ayers" or "Rezko" Obama's camp needs to say "Keating." McCain is no "Mr. Clean" -- even by Washington standards -- and that point needs to be driven home.
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yes, what are republicans afraid of?
this question could be posed in so many contexts regarding: war on terrorism, warrantless wiretapping, underregulated oil traders, polar ice caps melting to soup, suspending habeas corpus, interrogating terror suspects with torture... i'm certain war room readers can think of more.
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Great speech!
I saw this on the teevee this morning and Obama brought the house down, in Montana. He brought McCain down to Chinatown. Lots of standing ovations. In addition, he used a great line/meme on McCain...that McCain wants to just keep "doubling down." This is a great phrase and he ought to keep using it. Lots of average Americans like to hit the casinos every now and then, so a very easy and humorous meme to grasp.
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bilhelm
I do admire your enthusiasm, but - you realize, don't you, that insults like "Wicked Witch" are kinda sexist and divisive and non-Obamish. Don't you?
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It was never Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Obama said he'd meet with the rulers of Iran, not Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I wish you guys would stop repeating that crap. Ahmadinejad rules Iran like GW Bush ran Texas when he was governor.
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@timhowe
We need to find something better than Keating. McCain has been in politics for decades. If the best scandal we can come up with is a 20 year old scandal in which he was not found to be guilty of any crime, we're screwed.
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Obama's Camp Has it Down
Hit out at McCain early & often, paint him as the ultimate Washington insider, owned by special interests and a Bush-clone, unwilling or unable to work for average Americans. This is the message that can bring down McCain. The entire Democratic Party just needs to hammer it home, as one voice, for the next 6 months. Obama needs more surrogates from the party to go on the attack.
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jebldmm
Assuming you're part of the same "we" I'm part of - we who do not want McCain to win the general election - I am curious when you'll start considering a more positive outlook on the whole thing. And are you planning to vote for Obama, assuming he gets the nomination? The whole wet-blanket thing doesn't seem particularly helpful at this point.
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@melthough
I'm not here to campaign, just to comment. I think that we need to be realistic in order to win. Sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows don't win elections - strategies do. Obama's camapaign has been masterful at turning Dems against Clinton, but it has divide the party to the point that I don't think he can win in November. People here seem ignorant of the challenges we will face - that McCain is popular with both the media and the moderate public, Clinton supporter's are angry and disaffected, Obama has some major weaknesses, and Rove is every bit as good at being nasty as Axelrod.
As for me - I started out liking Obama, but decided some time ago that I can't in good conscience vote for him. Not that it matters - I'm in California, which will probably swing to whichever Dem is elected (and if it doesn't, my vote won't make a difference - the election will be solidly lost). I will, however, support a local downticket Dem who has a reasonable chance of taking a right leaning District (Charle Brown rocks!).
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@jebldmm
Well I'm happy that you are (like me) in a safe state, but really today was the first day I saw him in full GE mode. You should really watch this speech and see how he did. He really hit and hit hard, without being acrimonious or hyperbolic. So refreshing to see a democrat with a spine not taking any shit and doing so with such ease and naturalness. And how he hangs Bush like an 800 lb albatross around McCains neck in perpetuity is masterful...he literally doesn't say McCain anymore he says "Bush and McCain" at every opportunity. This is very good stuff. I can't wait until the national debates.
I really recommend that you check out this or forthcoming GE-geared speeches and just evaluate it from an Obama vs. McCain frame. Who knows, you might like and respect the guy again!
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@Villemar
Sorry, It's too late for me. I won't vote for dirty politics, and Obama has run the dirtiest campaign in recent Democratic history. He tolerated his campaign manager claiming that Clinton cried for votes but didn't cry over Katrina. He lied and distorted things that Clinton and her supporters said. He allowed people who have worked for equal rights for all their lives to be labelled as racists. He was willing to divide the Democratic Party to win the primary. We won't recover from these divisions by the election - we'll be lucky to recover by the next general election. He won't get my vote. Even if I singlehandedly held the decision to make him President in my hands, I wouldn't. My hopes lie in Dems getting enough seats in Congress to have a veto-proof majority.
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Thanks for the reminder, jebldmm.
I had actually forgotten why I stopped reading your posts.
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Forget Keating
All Obama has to do to respond to this particular "associations" attack is say :
"It's not the associations, McCain. I'm not arguing associations. I'm suggesting that if your campaign is being run by lobbyists, if your campaign is being funded by lobbyists and special interests, they will of course WANT something in return, expect something in return if you somehow successfully win this election. That's part of the PROBLEM not part of the SOLUTION. The Lobbyists have been running things in Washington for too long, certainly since you've been there over the last 35 years and that's why nothing seems to get done. The American People are sick of it because most of the time, it doesn't benefit THEM. THAT'S why my campaign hasn't done it, we won't do and when I get elected the congress will be run by the people of this country."
PERIOD.