Posted on 08/26/2008 4:01:21 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan
This morning, I had the opportunity to speak briefly with Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), who is here in Denver making the interview rounds. As he phrased it, he's here with the McCain "Truth Squad". Their objective is to "cut through" the glitz and celebrity this week, to highlight what millions of Americans already believe: Senator Obama is not ready to lead. Cantor was in good humor. I asked him how he was enjoying his time behind enemy lines, and he said it was "eye-opening." I told him I need to know if he agreed with my friends at RedState.com that he would be an "awesome and totally gnarly" VP pick for Senator McCain. The widely talked about short-lister laughed and replied that it isn't about him, it's about John McCain having the experience and wisdom to lead. Cantor and other McCain supporters are watching this convention carefully. The Democrats are going to dedicate a lot of their impressive air time this week to trying to establish as fact their election-year refrain that Senator McCain is just George Bush II. They'll push the talking points established in a series of DNC ads under Dean; ads which use selective quotes and dishonest framing to cast John McCain in the image they've designed for him. I've written about these ads a number of times at Political Machine. Eric Cantor will be making the television and radio rounds meeting those tactics with facts.
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Cantor all over the place today.
WooHoo bump!
So are you. ;o)
Major bumpage...
cantor is in denver this week
Cantor on the “Truth Squad”. Kind of has a VP-like ring to it.
Test run with the national media? Making sure there are no Quayle moments maybe.
This is what I recall from my days as a bartender at high-end restaurant as a “soft opening.”
You have the grand opening on September 1, where you invite all the hoi-palloy, but open your doors on August 15 to get all the kinks out.
Warm-up exercise, in other words.
“Cantor all over the place today.”
Hopefully a harbinger of things to come!
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