Imagine going to a job interview with a slick pitch about “change”, a $2,000 suit, and an empty resume:
Mr. Obama’s ads show he’s aware of his vulnerability on two fronts: his liberal values and his meager achievements. Yet he should be more cautious with these weaknesses. His bio ad says he was raised with “values straight from the Kansas heartland,” though he grew up in Hawaii. He claims to have passed three bills, but fails to mention that two were in the Illinois state Senate and that he didn’t vote on the third in the U.S. Senate. His new ad praises welfare reform, yet he opposed the legislation when a Republican Congress passed and President Clinton signed it.
On the bright side, he can leverage his sweet 92% rating from the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association to pad things a bit.
Others Blogging:
Dean Esmay
Although I still think McCain has his work cut out for him, and odds are against him, Obama is not unbeatable, funding advantage or no.
Protein Wisdom
Rove does highlight (as ABC News and others have noticed) that Obama’s ads portray him as having supported welfare reform when in truth he was against the 1996 law, even calling it “disturbing.” If John McCain had not decided to go to Columbia the week before Independence Day and his campaign was not going through a major shake-up (noted here yesterday and by the New York Times and others today), perhaps he could have seized on this misrepresentation to paint Obama as not only out of the mainstream on welfare but also dishonest about his record.
Commentary
It is up to McCain to do more with less and use free media more effectively. So while it is true, as Rove notes, that “Cash matters, but being a good candidate and right on the issues matters even more,” people don’t always figure out on their own who is right on the issues.
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July 4th, 2008 at 2:33 am
I think it’s pretty hilarious that Obama thinks he can talk Ahmadinejad down. It really shows some ignorance of there culture. I just read a really good article,Should The President of the United States Talk to Ahmadinejad? , that does a pretty good job explaining why this probably wouldn’t have great results.