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Watch Obama look for a teleprompter when he is confronted by Matt Lauer over Biden's comments.


From McCain.com

Barack Obama
NBC's "Today"
September 23, 2008

NBC's Matt Lauer: "Three minutes later in an interview with Meredith Vieira, Joe Biden, your running mate was asked the exact same question, 'should the federal government bailout AIG?' And he said, 'No, the federal government should not bailout AIG.'"

Barack Obama: "I think that in that situation, I think Joe should have waited as well."

Lauer: "But it's the kind of thing that drives people crazy about politics. Sounds like you were trying to score some political points against John McCain using his words, when your own running mate had used very similar words."

Who will be reprimanded first? Biden or Lauer? P.U.M.A. is having a party! :)








McCain erases a 34% deficit and now leads Obama amongst woman voters who feel he understands them more.






Greta Van Susteren interviewed Rush Limbaugh tonight and Rush gushed over Palin's infectiousness. Rush discusses a few other topics and it was interesting to hear him say that he thought that Hillary Clinton could still be on the ticket.

Here is a portion of Greta's interview with Rush:








How long will it be before the polls start to reflect the backlash being generated by Obama's tasteless remarks about Sara Palin and women in general. Remember, Obama would not even vet Hillary How long will it be before Biden has to "step aside" in an Eagleton style episode. The gaffes are just too tempting so I put together this little video montage.

Woman are taking notice and the results are starting to show up in the polls.

Obama's "Sweetie"


Biden's "Stand UP"

Obama's "Lipstick"








The Washington Post is reporting that the McCain camp is ready to release a new ad called "Passed Over" which is in support of Hillary Clinton voters against Barack Obama.

Update: Here is the video

From WAPO Here is the text of the ad.

McCain Tries to Rile Up Clinton Voters Against Obama
By Michael D. Shear
SEDONA, Ariz. -- A new television ad by Sen. John McCain aims to tap into anger at Sen. Barack Obama among the legions of Hillary Clinton supporters by suggesting that the Democratic nominee dissed his one-time rival.  read more »








From Gallup.com

The Democrats must be shocked that McCain is tied with Obama this close the Democratic Convention. With Hillary being able to secure a tally of votes at the convention, Obama may wish he had not gone on vacation.






From NRO

The Deal [Byron York]

Just in from the Obama and Clinton press offices:

Since June, Senators Obama and Clinton have been working together to ensure a Democratic victory this November. They are both committed to winning back the White House and to to ensuring that the voices of all 35 million people who participated in this historic primary election are respected and heard in Denver. To honor and celebrate these voices and votes, both Senator Obama's and Senator Clinton's names will be placed in nomination.

“I am convinced that honoring Senator Clinton's historic campaign in this way will help us celebrate this defining moment in our history and bring the party together in a strong united fashion,” said Senator Barack Obama.

Senator Obama’s campaign encouraged Senator Clinton's name to be placed in nomination as a show of unity and in recognition of the historic race she ran and the fact that she was the first woman to compete in all of our nation’s primary contests.

“With every voice heard and the Party strongly united, we will elect Senator Obama President of the United States and put our nation on the path to peace and prosperity once again,” said Senator Hillary Clinton.

Senator Obama and Senator Clinton are looking forward to a convention unified behind Barack Obama as the Party’s nominee and to victory this fall for America.






If running for President of the United States is a marathon, Obama is coming up a few miles short. "Obama Fatigue" has entered the mainstream lexicon.

Obama left the starting line in a sprint and the results are starting to take their toll. Obama can't finish the race and McCain has been at the steady pace of cutting in to Obama's lead. It's just a matter of time before Obama trips over his latest gaffe and ends up watching the Strait Talk Express drive buy torwards the finish line.

Note to self: Never wear Flip Flops in a marathon.

Here is some great analysis from Fox News' program "The Beltway Boys" that begins to take a look at "Obama Fatigue".








Since the much vaunted "Unity Rally" when Hillary Clinton "endorsed" Barack Obama, the Clinton's have been noticeably absent from both Obama rallies and the Media.

Bill Clinton, as far as I know, has not attended a single Obama event since the Unity Rally.

The only news I've seen lately about Hillary is that she is asking supporters to donate 5 bucks or more to win a chance to have "Dinner with Hillary"

The Obama's each gave Hillary the maximun $2,300 dollar contribution. Hillary owes more than 15 million dollars.

What ever happened to the "Unity"? Maybe Hillary supporters have told Obama and DNC, "Take a hike, we are voting for McCain."

Update: Remember This part of Hillary's speech when she endorsed Obama:

She urged the cheering crowd to support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, in his bid for the White House, saying she and supporters should "take our energy, our passion and our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama ... I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me."

Her endorsement was met with a scattering of boos and thumbs downs from the crowd at the National Building Museum in Washington.

It seems she may have lost a little of that passion and enthusiasm.








Here is an update to my post "Carly Fiorina to Meet With Top Hillary Fundraisers"

From The WSJ

...Siskind said the group told Fiorina that if McCain would give some concrete assurances of support on such issues, the people in the room and the organizations they represented could help deliver “hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of votes” to the presumptive Republican nominee...

McCain Surrogate Fiorina Meets With Clinton Supporters
Christopher Cooper and John Emshwiller report on the presidential race.

The McCain campaign dispatched its top female surrogate Tuesday to meet with about 25 disaffected supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton in Westchester, N.Y.

Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co. and a top adviser to Republican Sen. John McCain, met with the former Clinton backers at a private home for more than an hour and a half. Fiorina said in an interview that over glasses of iced tea and finger food, she fielded questions from Democratic women she described as “intensely uncomfortable with the notion of a President Obama.’’

Both McCain and his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama have both been courting the 17 million or so people who voted for the New York senator during the primary season.

The Westchester meeting came at the behest of former Clinton supporters, some of whom have said – adamantly – that they won’t support Obama. Polls show Obama winning the majority of support from women voters while about a quarter of ex-Clinton supporters are leaning toward McCain. The meeting wasn’t stocked with typical voters, however. These were prominent activists and fund-raisers, including several known as “Hillraisers,’’ who raised more than $100,000 for Clinton during the primary season. “I didn’t ask how many of them were Hillraisers but certainly a number of them were,’’ Fiorina said.  read more »





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