by the Puppet Mistress | ...as he should have done in the first place. Oh well, better late than never.
Senator Barack Obama will increasingly lean on prominent Democratic women to undercut Gov. Sarah Palin and Senator John McCain, dispatching Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to Florida on Monday and bolstering his plan to deploy female surrogates to battleground states, Obama advisers said Thursday. (NYT)
They're also counting on Janet Napolitano (AZ) and Kathleen Sebelius (KA).(NYT) Except in their own states, I don't know that I'd bother. It's Hillary who pulled in the previously dismissed working class Democrats. Axelrod didn't seem too bothered about those guys back in the day. He's going to have to bother now, though.
David Axelrod, the Obama campaign’s chief political strategist, said Mr. Obama would not raise questions about Ms. Palin’s experience. Mr. Axelrod said the campaign would work instead to impress upon voters the seriousness of the race and continue to try to link the McCain-Palin team to President Bush.
While Mr. Obama did not aggressively challenge Ms. Palin, his advisers opened a new line of criticism to brand her as part of the Republican establishment.
“For someone who makes the point that she’s not from Washington, she looked very much like she’d fit in very well there when you see how she brings the attacks,” Mr. Axelrod said. “They all felt very familiar to Americans who are used to this kind of thing from Washington.”
Mr. Obama...added, “They may have found some new faces to present their message, but it’s the same old message.” (NYT)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This isn't 2004. Voters have now seen the consequences of Bush's policies PLAY OUT. They need to hear specifics or they're going to go with the grandfatherly guy who is promising to take care of him and his Wonder Woman sidekick. McCain is attacking because Karl Rove knows he's got nothing else going for him.
Mo Elleithee, a Clinton spokesman, said he believed she could make a difference with some voters who feel lost in the current economy and who want to see a federal role enacting universal health insurance.
“Anyone who was inclined to support Hillary Clinton typically did so because of her focus on middle-class, bread-and-butter issues,” Mr. Elleithee said. “Her message for Barack Obama on those issues could certainly help the Democratic ticket at the ballot box.” (NYT)
Yeah, and if she'd been picked for Veep, a lot of Palin's potential
appeal would be quite a bit more muted. But what's done is done.
The conventions are over. It's go time.
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