A simple, straightforward statement by the Obama campaign justifying its decision to forego federal funding for his Presidential campaign could blow his critics out of the water, and actually make John McCain look bad.
And, I might add, that a charge of elitism or being out of touch with working people is quite a charge coming from either Hillary Clinton or John McCain.
In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store workers.
Many electrons have been spilled over the decision by the Nevada Democratic party's decision to hold a candidate forum sponsored and covered by Fox News.
While I believe that Howard Dean's "50 state strategy" actually did produce some concrete results, I think its value was even greater in the psychological message it sent to voters and state parties all across the country.
The GOP are making idle threats about taking back the Senate in 2008. But, realistically, they have little shot at doing that barring unforeseen scandals, deaths or retirements.
Assumming a slight Q poll bias in favor of Joe Lieberman (which it's had from way back during the primaries) I'm inclined to think that the Rassmusen poll is more accurate.
But, in either case, Ned has a LOT of ground to make up in less than 1 week. A tall task.
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