Comments on: Quote Of The Day

By: Pico

Pico — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:35:56 +0000

@ Chris
I didn’t mean anything like that, more like the cheap trick he tried to pull in the last debate that blew up in his face: he told voters that Obama had never set a fixed price for a fine he would impose on (I believe) small businesses that didn’t provide adequate health care, and invited him to answer that question in his response to the question Brokaw posed. Of course, doing that would take Obama off message and not give him time to address the other points he needed to make, but Obama didn’t bite. After Obama gave his answer, McCain sarcastically asked, “Did we hear the size of that fine?” McCain looked like a jerk.

If he tries another trick tomorrow it’ll have to be a lot more subtly and artfully done than that. Perhaps try to make Obama sound naive, if McCain wants to return to his “experience” platform that he abandoned after the Palin pick. As you said, though, McCain’s a lousy debater and I think Obama’s developed into a first class one–if anybody’s going to fall for a trick it would be McCain. The only way for a mediocre debater to beat a great one is for the latter to completely blow it with a gaffe or a series of missteps–rather unlikely based on what we’ve seen from Obama.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:35:55 +0000

And is that trap going to be calling Obama a “half breed muslin”? Or perhaps an “Islamic communist”? McCain’s got nothing, he can’t even debate on the issues that are most pressing without just repeating his stump speech.

By: pico

pico — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:41:08 +0000

“On the plus side i guess this means we dont have to debate ayers wednesday.”

I hope that’s the case, but I’ll believe it when I see it. McCain hasn’t really thrown any muck at Obama during the previous debates, and polls show he lost both. If he continues to focus on the issues on Wednesday, but is less condescending toward Obama and focuses less on eliminating “pork” from the budget (McCain’s answer for everything), would that be enough for him to turn things around? Unless Obama makes a damning gaffe, I highly doubt it. I doubt bringing up Ayers and Wright would help much either frankly. McCain has to try and lay a trap for Obama somehow, and Obama has to step in it.

By: Gaucho Politico

Gaucho Politico — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:23:55 +0000

I dont give mccain a pass on this ayers stuff. its his campaign. He is supposed to ok this messaging. If he does not like it why doesnt he just stop his campaign from making the allegations? if he cant actually stop the campaign from making allegations he does not like there is no way he should be president. On the plus side i guess this means we dont have to debate ayers wednesday.

By: RPC

RPC — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:57:19 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I was really hoping that John McCain would be above the Lee Atwater and Karl Rove tactics.

By: Avinash_Tyagi

Avinash_Tyagi — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:53:42 +0000

I would kind of like him to come out, say that these attacks by his campaign are wrong, renounce them and apologize to the american People and Senator Obama for the tone of the campagin, and then say that he wants to make this final few weeks about the real issues like the economy and where they differ. I still think Obama would win, but McCain would gain back a lot of his lost dignity and make it a race worthy of the man he claims to be. Renounce all the mob incitiment and the politics of fear and I think he would find that”his base” would probably start to treat him like they did a few months ago.

By: kasey d.

kasey d. — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:52:55 +0000

i know he’s exasperated at this point, but i don’t like seeing a potential president blow up like this.

By: stuperb

stuperb — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:50:11 +0000

I agree with Alan. McCain’s not driving the Express and it’s starting to make him mad. Thank goodness. This is the only chance left to show people he is who they used to think he was – and it may be too little, too late.

By: Alan Stewart Carl

Alan Stewart Carl — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:51:59 +0000

Makes me wonder if McCain is in charge of his own campaign. On the bright side, his opinion of Ayers now mirrors mine. Too bad he didn’t start that way.