Sarah Palin is in attack mode, revisiting the alleged Obama\/Ayers connection today on the trail.<\/p>\n
“We see America as the greatest force for good in this world<\/a>,” Palin said at a fund-raising event in Colorado, adding, “Our opponent though, is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect that he’s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Almost in anticipation of this attack (the McCain campaign did announce just after the VP debates that attacks on Obama would accelerate in the near term) the New York Times<\/a> noted yesterday:<\/p>\n
A review of records of the schools project and interviews with a dozen people who know both men, suggest that Mr. Obama, 47, has played down his contacts with Mr. Ayers, 63. But the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers, whom he has called \u201csomebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8.\u201d<\/p>\n
UPDATE<\/a>: The Times article in question<\/a> was first released online under the title “Obama had met Ayers, but the two are not close.” That title was soon changed to, “Obama and the ’60’s Bomber: A Look Into Crossed Paths.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
John McCain and Sarah Palin have to fight for their life right now and certainly need to take their campaign to the next level, but I’m not sure digging up alleged associations with Obama’s Hyde Park neighbor Bill Ayers\u00a0represents the path to victory.<\/p>\n
The path needs to take their message to Middle Americans.<\/p>\n
In light of our credit crisis, more needs to be said about John McCain’s unheeded warnings four years ago. More needs to be said about Sarah Palin’s willingness to take on her own party as Governor in the interest of her\u00a0constituents.<\/p>\n
More focus needs to be placed on the fact that the Obama\/Biden ticket represents the top two most liberal Senators in America. That Barack Obama is so ideologically shallow he can’t put two sentences together without a teleprompter. That McCain has served his country with honor while Obama has simply pursued and executed a calculated political career. That his preponderance of “present” votes in the Senate is clearly a tactic to counter the fact that Senators almost never become President due to their public voting records.<\/p>\n
John McCain needs to point out that Obama’s choice of Senator Joe Biden, one of the Senate’s most entrenched institutional liberals, represents the antithesis <\/em>of “Change” for his party let alone for the Oval Office and Washington at large. That his failure to select Hillary Clinton as his Vice Presidential candidate represents a deficit in leadership that foretells the same if he were ever to become President.<\/p>\n
The McCain campaign needs to highlight the fact that Sarah Palin’s executive experience, while not overwhelmingly substantial, still dwarf’s Obama’s measured by tenure, accomplishment, and political reform.<\/p>\n