Posted on 10/10/2008 5:19:38 PM PDT by ParsifalCA
Where is the Maverick?
Senator McCain likes to talk about his reputation as the Maverick of the Senate and a committed reformer. He thinks that the public already knows that. Well, sort of. Where is that guy?
Everybody whos paying even modest attention to this election knows this is a fight for the Middle.
Barack Obama and his handler David Axelrod have this down cold. The voters in the Middle started paying attention around the time the Democrat convention ended. And what theyve seen over the last six weeks is Cool Obama, Regular Guy Obama, 24″ David Palmer Obama
The Middles not full of wonks, Obama doesnt sound like Jesse Jackson, so he passes the Middles sniff test.
What about his record? Isnt that important?
If records mattered, then Barack Obama wouldnt be the Democrat nominee and leading in the polls.
If records mattered, the voters in the Middle would care about Obamas terrorist mentor and employer, his black liberation theology minister, his payoff from a sleazy real estate tycoon, his lack of any leadership experience, his scary relationship with ACORN, the enormous salary paid to his wife for community outreach and on and on.
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