Comments on: What Obama Needs to Do

By: charles austin

charles austin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:36:19 +0000

And we should believe Senator Obama is strong on defense, able to connect with people who can't spell argula or pick it out of a vegetable lineup, and that every sin of the evil Bush can be rectified in the first one-hundred days because ..., um ..., because he says so in a scripted, well-rehearsed speech.

By: floyd

floyd — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:33:45 +0000

Sometimes it's not how smart the salesman, but how gullible the buyer![lol]

By: angellight

angellight — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:12 +0000

The Clintons have indeed Redeemed themselves and have united the Democratic party. However, Media wants you to think that Dems Convention was a bust (no red meat - vegatables are so much more healthier to the system, however) But, what the Dems did accomplish and which is stronger than all the red meat/anger in the world is UNITY/Love, because a house divided cannot stand! Watch out and be on Guard for those who want to Divide because make no mistake about it a united group is Powerful, Strong, Unstoppable. Now they want to belittle and divide us by unmeaningful and trivial talks of pillars and temple, some seem even Obsessed by it. They are like rude and jealous children who make fun of a beautiful or gifted person -- making fun of their clothes because they are not satisfied within themselves, all the while secretly wishing they looked like that or had that gift. People of Change, People of the future, be on guard!

For those who want accurate news analysis, do yourself a favor and “watch C-SPAN for convention coverage and get yourself psychically cleared. Stop watching cable news channels. The MSM is desperately working to program us morning noon and night. And creating despair amongst those who are openly hopeful about 2008 politics is very easy. Just bust the bubble that gives you room to believe that change can happen and the rest falls away. Including your own sense of self-empowerment. Believe it.”

By: Steve Plunk

Steve Plunk — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:48:26 +0000

The fundamentals of the candidate are far from favorable. Inexperienced and very liberal I expect Obama to fall further behind as America gets to know him.

The lack of those ever expected bounces in polls for Obama make it look like his peak of popularity has passed.

By: Rick Almeida

Rick Almeida — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:31:32 +0000

There is no real reason to consider head-to-head polls, especially from July & August, as having much predictive value. Gaming out electoral college outcomes seems to be a lot more relevant to the election, and also happens to favor Obama much more strongly.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:19:02 +0000

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Obama just doesn't have the experience to sell himself as ready to be president. The best suggestion I have heard is that he should get specific on what he would do. If you don't have experience you can point to, then spell out in detail what you will do. Of course the danger here is that Obama's far left political viewpoint will shine through his detailed description of his plans.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:47 +0000

Like most of his recent predecessors as Democratic presidential nominee, he’s also going to have to assuage fears that he’s weak on national security and that looks down on regular people and their values. Telling people that they’re racist for even harboring such doubts is not the winning strategy.

He's taken a strong stand on Afghanistan, and I don't see him as per se coming across as weak on national security. ("I don't oppose all wars...") Of course, to some, comparing him to John "bomb, bomb, Iran" McCain, he'll always look weak. As for connecting with regular folks, time will tell, I guess, but, as Matt says, people do seem to like him. Re the last, that's just not his style, and if any of his team even think of going that forlorn road, he should let them know that the second step after the first step on that road is out the door.