8/3/2008
Obama has been claiming that the reason he’s not moving in the polls is that people are still getting to know him. At the same time, he’s falsely claiming that the McCain Campaign is trying to make people afraid of him because he “has a funny name,” and because he “doesn’t look like those other presidents on our currency.”
Of course, if the McCain Campaign really did try to introduce race into this election, the mainstream media would be on it in a heartbeat. Later Obama had to back off of this backdoor claim of racism, saying that he did not believe McCain was racist, just cynical.
So if Obama wants people to see their differences, why not accept McCain’s town hall debate challenge? If you’ll remember, President Clinton honed and perfected this style of debate, and there were none better. The AP reported yesterday that Obama has backed away from his earlier commitment to a series of town hall debates and now wants to do the standard three debates, with one vice presidential debate.
John McCain has embraced this format and will spend hours answering voter’s questions, not shrinking from any of the questions thrown at him. Obama has been doing larger events, taking fewer questions, and basically has been leaning on his media advantage.
But now that his lead has evaporated in record time, what will he do? Obviously the McCain Campaign’s efforts to reach voters are showing success. And Democrats in Washington are beginning to worry as well. You can feel the undercurrent of worry there.
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