(Cross-posted at Clintonistas for Obama)
The Democratic ticket is hitting John McCain’s inadvisable comments in the most recent issue of Contingencies where in an article he wrote in that magazine on page 30 he says:
Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking (italics mine), would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.
Do you ever have those moments when you’re insanely curious about something….
but at the same time amazingly frightened to find out the reason behind it ?
(pssssssssssttttt ….you might be a loser)
I’m not going on some philosophical binge here.
I’m thinking of it in the blog sense.
Why can’t I walk away from the computer?
Am I that big of a blog nerd ?
Advice on party unity at The Huffington Post? Huh. That’s rich.
With the intellectual equivalent of surrendering before the battle has actually started, the McCain campaign today stated that they would appreciate it if their VP candidate could do her first debate without any actual, you know, “debating” involved.
Patrick Healy at the New York times has this:
At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., will have shorter question-and-answer segments than those for the presidential nominees, the advisers said. There will also be much less opportunity for free-wheeling, direct exchanges between the running mates.
McCain advisers said they had been concerned that a loose format could leave Ms. Palin, a relatively inexperienced debater, at a disadvantage and largely on the defensive.
No kidding.
There’s been a lot of noise this cycle about Senator Barack Obama’s purported “problem with women,” a talking point which gained popularity during his historic battle for the nomination against Senator Hillary Clinton. Though Obama’s numbers dipped slightly after the GOP convention, polls indicate he is trending upward again. Conventional wisdom among the talking heads and doomsday prophets is that Senator John McCain’s vice presidential pick Sarah Palin might prove capable of pulling Clinton’s female supporters away from Obama, but unfortunately for the McCain campaign, his choice of an unvetted, little-known woman governor for vice president was woefully transparent.
Senator Obama is well aware of Senator McCain’s absurdly injudicious comment in the most recent edition of Contingencies:
Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking (bold mine), would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.
And Obama takes on McCain for his every bizarre economic proposal articulated in this campaign, and especially over the last several days.
Today’s polling numbers:
Rasmussen Reports
Obama 48, McCain 47
Gallup
Diageo/Hotline
Obama 45, McCain 44
Research 2000/Daily Kos
Obama 50, McCain 42
For months I’ve been hearing the recurrent complaint about Obama’s campaign: he’s too soft, he’s too elitist, he’s like Kerry, he doesn’t fight back.
But I remember hearing the same thing six months ago, and I was waiting, trusting, hoping that the campaign was keeping its powder dry, its eye on the ball, its horns sharp, and not mixing its metaphors like I just have. I’ve been waiting and my hope has been vindicated
Over at Mudflats is a great story about a one-man protest at the Juneau Docks.
The huge Anti-Palin rally in Anchorage last weekend got a tremendous amount of media coverage, and support from around the nation. People needed to know that not all Alaskans support Palin as the VP nominee, or share her values. Some may even like Palin as a governor, but find her completely inappropriate on the national (nevermind international) stage. Huge rallies are great, but sometimes a powerful statement can be made by just one person. Here’s a wonderful story sent to me from Doug, a Mudflatter in Juneau, Alaska.
Thanks for standing up and speaking out when it was not easy or comfortable to do so.
I agree – thank you, Doug!