When he picked Palin, you will remember I told you he would have to make a jump toward middle having pacified the far right with Palin. Not only has he done that but in many cases gone farther. Now it seems like he's really trying to steal Obama's message. My question is for the Obama haters, how do you feel when you hear some of the same things Obama has been saying now coming out of McCain's mouth? Do you just hang onto your Palin brownie or ask WTF?
Most people who oppose Obama don't hate him. They just don't dig his views. You will remember that I told you that McCain stands NO CHANCE of winning without the "far right" in his corner, which is one of the reasons Palin was picked. Palin, perhaps to McCain's surprise, has helped him makd that jump toward the middle. As a result, McCain is going toe-to-toe with Obama, in an election where many felt he'd get steamrolled.
When the two candidates are standing on the debate stage this fall, and they're both talking about change, Mccain will quickly become transparent.
He's going to look like the old, white-haired guard. Obama is going to look young, different, new.
When they both say "I'll being change", Mccain simply isn't going to be believable. Heck, he needed notecards (and was fumbling with them) when telling Michigan auto workers that he's going to change washington from the outside. Aside from the fact that he's been in washington for 30 years... if he still needs notecards to tell a group of union workers that he understands their struggles... guess what... he doesn't.
Meanwhile, Obama sympathizes with their struggles by blowing $31,000 on dinner and a show in Hollywood. Both of these guys are RICH. So, the "I feel your pain" mantra wears thin on both sides.
And, considering that Michigan (a normally solid blue state) is within McCain's grasp, it appears that his notecards worked well for him.
A young, new and different face on the standard "tax and spend" liberal routine that Kerry ran in 2004 isn't going to be enough. One-on-one with McCain in the debate, Obama had better be ready to go.
