We are already getting some previews of what's coming in the fall campaign between (presumably) John McCain and B. Hussein Obama. John McCain said on a stump speech that he had "news" for B. Hussein Obama that "al qaida IS in Iraq." This in response to a moment in the most recent Dem Debate when B. Hussein Obama said that he would reserve the right to bomb sites in Iraq, "IF al qaida was in Iraq." So, in B. Hussein Obama's speech tonight, he fired back by saying that he had "news" for Mr. McCain. He said that he knows that al qaida is in Iraq and that he also knows that they were not in Iraq until McCain and Bush invaded Iraq instead of fight them in Afghanistan. "McCain said he would follow Bin Ladin to the gates of hell but so far McCain has only followed Bush into Iraq."
My sense is that (1) McCain will be the rhetorical underdog by a long shot and that (2) 'the war,' which has carried him among Republicans, won't be a winning topic for him against Obama. He will have to move the topic to a weakness for Obama.
3 comments:
Good post. Clearly, message control is not yet a strength of McCain's team. He has obviously gotten the nomination by default - so he now needs to step back and figure out what his themes are going to be and how best to drive them home.
You are right - there is no way he can compete rhetorically with BO. He needs some serious debate coaching.
I've got to give it to Obama... that was pretty funny when he said that rather than follow bin Laden to the gates of hell, all McCain has done is follow Bush into Iraq! LOL!!
Sad, but funny nonetheless.
BO - that's good - I'm going to alternate between BO and B Hussein in my references to Obama.
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