But if Mr. Obama becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, he is sure to face an onslaught from Republicans and their allies that will be very different in tone and intensity from what he has faced so far. . . . For much of this year, Mr. Obama has been handled with relative care by Mrs. Clinton and, before they dropped out, the other Democratic candidates. . . .
Yet the shifting tone offers a glimpse of the Republican playbook as the party adapts to the prospect that it will be running against Mr. Obama rather than Mrs. Clinton. . . .
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(RuralDem on
Feb 29, 2008 4:59 PM)Well, I think every Clinton supporter, and every other non-Obama supporter has argued that Clinton is battle tested against the GOP and Obama is not.
I wouldn’t call myself a Clinton supporter, but I think it’s easy to see that while Clinton might have higher negatives right now, she can handle the GOP attacks. Obama’s “hope. change. repeat” rhetoric will not work.
(odinseye2k on
Feb 29, 2008 6:07 PM)I dunno - I’m of the growing opinion that an Obama / McCain battle would be a replay of Clinton / Dole. No real excitement to the Republican candidate …
Bush may have been a troglodyte, but he had the rapid religious right behind him. I can’t see a really motivated group behind McCain.
“Hope, change, repeat” also propelled Kennedy over Nixon.
On the other hand, if Hillary won, it would probably be the first time in a while the Democrat fought harder than the Republican. That might be popcorn-worthy as well.
(innerredneckexposed on
Feb 29, 2008 6:42 PM)http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-allison_23edi.ART.State.Edition1.45e0862.html
well i doubt her strength over the republicans if she can’t handle Obama.
If Obama is so unappealing why is he getting Republican support (such as the above and Chafee etc) conservative Democrat support, liberal Democrats support…who is left?
(MelGX on
Mar 1, 2008 12:26 AM)Either one of them would face a brutal General election, but so far, Obama has proven to be somewhat teflon coated. His “negatives” have stayed consistently lower and his Q scores are off the charts. In that way, Bill Maher compared him to Ronald Reagan tonight.
With any luck, these tactics will backfire and fracture what’s left of the Republican base, or at the very least, expose the seedy underside of Republicanism.
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