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At 12:43 he was at #35, by 6:44 he was at #18!!!!!

Rev. Wright is on the list too.

From an interview with McCain adviser, Carly Fiorina: ‘She told me in Illinois yesterday equipment manufacturer and huge exporter Caterpillar warned workers would be laid off if Congress didn’t pass the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. We talked about free trade and the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Both Sens. Clinton and Obama have taken the Smoot-Hawley approach of advocating protectionism during an economic downturn and oppose the agreement. Fiorina told me McCain’s free trade stance “makes tremendous sense” because “free trade creates jobs at home.”

Yet global competition does cause workers to be displaced. Fiorina talked about one of the more interesting ideas McCain brought up in his speech yesterday: reforming the unemployment system. He calls for putting an employee’s unemployment insurance contribution into a personal account that could move with the worker to provide for living expenses and job training. While the idea sounded new to me Fiorina told me McCain has mentioned this many times before. Only now has the idea broken through.’

The longer the fight for the Dem nomination goes on, the more it hurts Obama. He needs to knock out Hillary soon!

Come to think of it, what gaffe, story, or scandal has been fatal for any candidate this cycle?

We shouldn’t expect Obama’s poll numbers to suddenly tank. We who support him now are not going to be dislodged from his base of support; We can excuse and explain away a great deal.

But whether all of these gaffes, scandals, and revelations can eventually come together to form an unflattering, and defining portrait of the man… well, that’s another question.

Obviously, Dems will excuse the Wright ‘issue’ now.

Today, from Reuters/Zogby:

‘McCain was seen as a better steward of the economy than either Democrat despite their repeated criticism of his economic credentials. He led Obama by 3 points and Clinton by 5 points on the question of who would best manage the economy.’

I was a union carpenter in the 80s and, though we all listened to Springsteen and Mellencamp (though personally, I was a Steve Earle man), none of us took their “man of the people” bulls**t literally. Everyone knew they were poseurs, hoping to get a little street cred by commisserating with the downtrodden masses, if never actually rubbing elbows with us. We all knew The Boss’ lifestyle outstripped even our own bosses, by miles. And we know that the Barak Obamas and Hillary Clintons and John Edwards will never be anything more than tourists through our lives, gawking and pointing at our supposed misery, and never able to understand how we can suffer it.

Oh, you mean in the same way that Obama embracing Wright will VISUALLY hurt him?

“He was permanently debilitated during his time as a POW.

If Dems try to attack him on his age and health, voters will be reminded of his bravery and heroism as a POW. If he was able to endure torture and permanent injury he can certainly endure the challenges of the office of president.

This attack will also have limited appeal with middle-aged or older white men. Hell, thanks to the miracles of modern medicine and Viagra these guys are feeling more robust than ever!”
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I wasn’t attacking his age or health, and I’m fully aware of his experience as a POW. I was pointing out how VISUALLY this would hurt him. Anyone with an IQ over 100 understands how lame and disrespectful it would be to target his health. However, that does not change the fact that having McCain standing next to Obama (damn near the picture of health) will cause voters some pause – in spite of the fact that part of McCain’s strategy is to run with a younger attractive VP (ala Romney?). We are not electing a Vice President, but rather the PRESIDENT

True. Barack doesn’t have to go there. And hopefully, he can even score a few points by complimenting McCain on how youthful and fit he is, etc., etc.

Yet isn’t it ironic that of all the race-baiting that the Dem contest has seen, there’s not been one instance of gender-baiting by Barack or his campaign?

So Ted Kennedy, Bill Richardson et al. will be changing their votes?

I wasn’t planning on watching it either, but I know I will be popping in and out.

Olberman is going to have a bit by bit play right afterwards. I think I will be catching his run down of it.

Is anyone planning on watching tonight’s debate?

I gotta be honest. I don’t think I can sit through another one of these things.

I’m sure the pundits will be looking for yet another magical, “where’s the beef,” gotcha line. My guess is Hillary’s got about 5 or 6 that she’s ready to feed the crowd. Ugh! What was her last one: Change you can xerox? Good grief!

I’m gonna try to avoid watching it. But something deep down inside me knows that I won’t be able to keep away.

He was permanently debilitated during his time as a POW.

If Dems try to attack him on his age and health, voters will be reminded of his bravery and heroism as a POW. If he was able to endure torture and permanent injury he can certainly endure the challenges of the office of president.

This attack will also have limited appeal with middle-aged or older white men. Hell, thanks to the miracles of modern medicine and Viagra these guys are feeling more robust than ever!

McCain can also appeal to white Dems as either ‘one of them’ or as a father figure who understands their plight.

Agreed, female Hillary supporters will stick with Obama, but the white males voters will determine the outcome of this election.

By Manu Raju
Posted: 04/15/08 08:06 PM [ET]
“Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), the Democratic Party’s 2000 vice presidential nominee, is leaving open the possibility of giving a keynote address on behalf of Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) at the Republican National Convention in September.”

“Republicans close to the McCain campaign say Lieberman’s appearance at the convention, possibly before a national primetime audience, could help make the case that the presumptive GOP nominee has a record of crossing the aisle. That could appeal to much-needed independent voters.”

“McCain has yet to ask Lieberman to speak, either in primetime or elsewhere, at the convention. But if McCain thinks it will help make his case for the White House, as some of his allies suspect, Lieberman would be willing to speak on his behalf.”

http://hill6.thehill.com/leading-the-news/lieberman-willing-to-star-at-republican-convention-2008-04-15.html