This morning, Washington Post reporter, Dana Milbank wrote a fantastic column where the reporter paints a less than flattering picture of Obama...essentially slamming Obama for looking beyond the current campaign and acting like the presidency is already his....or, in other words, being incredibly ARROGANT.
It's amazing to me that someone with less than 200 days in Washington, D.C., with no voting record to speak of, with no real experience has the gaul to act in such a way. Thankfully, the dustbin of history is replete with people who thought and acted like Obama. His downfall will be much more public and much more devastating to the liberal base that so adores him.
Also, and of note, the McCain camp launched another campaign commercial about Obama's celebrity status...complete with images of Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton. It raises the question...Obama may draw big crowds, but is he prepared to lead. It's too soon to tell, but surprisingly for Obama's "rock star status," he isn't sailing quite as high as he should.
This campaign is starting to get interesting.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Obama vs. Obama: Is Barack Safe?
Early this morning, in advance of Obama's big speech in Berlin, radio announcers boldly predicted that the attendance for Obama's speech would come close to 1 million people. Well, results are now in...and it appears that he had somewhere near 200,000 people at his speech in Germany...one-fifth of what was predicted.
What is interesting, though, is Obama's "cult of personality." It appears that the old world is interested in Obama and believe that he is a "rock star." How will this play in the United States -- where people who really matter (i.e., those of us who have a vote in the 2008 presidential election) have to assess whether Obama has what it takes to be president.
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article discussing this very subject today. In it, Gerald Seib and Laura Meckler make the point that the race, to date, is more of a referendum on Obama than a competition between Obama and McCain.
Bad news for Obama. His campaign desperately needs the race to be a comparison between Obama and his so-called plan for change and McCain, who the junior Illinois Senator has tried to paint as Bush III.
Only time will tell if Sen. Obama can "sell" the American people that he is stable enough to lead America and function as an effective commander in chief. But, as GOP pollster Neil Newhouse says in the article, "It's not Obama's race to lose. It's his to win."
What is interesting, though, is Obama's "cult of personality." It appears that the old world is interested in Obama and believe that he is a "rock star." How will this play in the United States -- where people who really matter (i.e., those of us who have a vote in the 2008 presidential election) have to assess whether Obama has what it takes to be president.
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article discussing this very subject today. In it, Gerald Seib and Laura Meckler make the point that the race, to date, is more of a referendum on Obama than a competition between Obama and McCain.
Bad news for Obama. His campaign desperately needs the race to be a comparison between Obama and his so-called plan for change and McCain, who the junior Illinois Senator has tried to paint as Bush III.
Only time will tell if Sen. Obama can "sell" the American people that he is stable enough to lead America and function as an effective commander in chief. But, as GOP pollster Neil Newhouse says in the article, "It's not Obama's race to lose. It's his to win."
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Recently, I wrote an article in Fox and Hounds Daily, discussing an innovative and somewhat crazy ballot measure in Arizona. Read the full article here.
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