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Obama’s Closing Moment

Started by washingtonindependent · 10 months ago

TAMPA, Fla.–At last, someone listened. This morning in my piece examining Sen. Barack Obama’s ability to pull away from his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, in the polls I suggested he might find a good, if unlikely role model in Ronald Reagan. Like Obama, Reag ... Continue reading »

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  • Great line, good point. And yet, Sen. Obama has delivered better than this. He needs to ask: "Are you better off? Is your job security better off? Is your family's education future better off? Is your pension and retirement better off? Is your health care better off? And is the country's infrastructure (roads, bridges, and public buildings) better off?" Then you go to the punch line of "4 more years?". They should be carrying him off on their shoulders by the end of this rhetoric that hits this basic truth. Never mind that Sen. Obama is actually bright, coherent, and well-intentioned. This should work for anyone that is not McSame.

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