Posted on 10/11/2008 1:35:24 PM PDT by Pinkbell
Both presidential rivals are working behind the scenes to calm the increasingly incendiary atmosphere on the campaign trail, which erupted with lurid claims about Mr Obama's links with the former terrorist Bill Ayres and a lynch mob atmosphere at McCain rallies.
Two Democratic sources with knowledge of the thinking in the Obama camp say that forming a partnership with Mr McCain would prove that Mr Obama will reach across the aisle and also help rehabilitate Mr McCain, who many Democrats believe has been pushed by hardline advisers into making increasingly desperate attacks on his rival.
By his own admission, the Republican candidate "took the gloves off" last week , unleashing adverts and soundbites attacking Mr Obama's character and judgment as polls showed him on course for a landslide election victory.
One well-connected Democrat, who spoke to Mr Obama last week, told The Sunday Telegraph: "John McCain is a good man. There's no question about it. I think we'll see Barack Obama reach out to him and say: let's work together."
He pointed out that Bill Clinton and the first President Bush "work together on common issues" despite their testy exchanges "in the heat of battle".
And a Democratic strategist who talks regularly with Mr Obama's senior advisors added: "Obama has said all along that he will work with the best people, regardless of party affiliation. John McCain has experience and he used to have a record of bipartisanship. We're all going to need to pull together when this is over."
Mr McCain will not be offered a cabinet job, but Mr Obama may ask him to spearhead a bipartisan overhaul of veteran's affairs, an issue close to Mr McCain's heart.
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Oh brother!
McCain makes me sick these days. Scared to fight Obama, but not the VC??
I'm speechless.
I’m ready to throw up.
What a bunch of crap out of another British Newspaper.
Hey Barry, while you’re at it - take Guv. Schwarzenkennedy too!
This is satire, right?
Are you kidding me?!!!
Not what I am hearing. It's a downright happy place at those McCain rallies.
ROFLMAO
Those two working together (with Obama as Prez) is about the most uncomforting thought imaginable.
As WHAT?!?!? Miss Congeniality????
Yeah, but John McCain doesn’t want to pick up after all the trash coming to the White House if he wins.
I am getting sick. The eurotrash and msm here; it’s a toss up for which one can make me throw up the most.
I’m reminded of that final scene in “300”, where Xerxes offers Leonidas a job if only he will bow down...
Nope, it’s real.
I notice Sarah Palin gets no such offer.
That’s to her credit.
I hope the partisan rancor increases.
I think Obama will win, and I want to make sure that even the tiniest pecadillos are made into major issues that disarm him politically.
Look at the “sources.” I’m not buying this. Just more Marxist propaganda.
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