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This is not a good sign for Barack Obama. A big time fundriaser and supporter of Hillary Clinton, as well as a member of the DNC Platform Committee formally endorsed John McCain. Below is the press release announcing this endorsement.
LYNN FORESTER DE ROTHSCHILD, MEMBER OF DNC PLATFORM COMMITTEE, ENDORSES JOHN MCCAIN
For Immediate Release
Contact: Press Office
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
ARLINGTON, VA — Today the McCain-Palin campaign announced the endorsement of Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee.
“In an election as important at this, we must choose the candidate who has a proven record of bipartisanship and reforming government, and that’s John McCain,” Rothschild said. “We can’t afford a president who lacks experience and judgment and has never crossed party lines to work for meaningful reform. Amid tough economic times and foreign policy concerns, we need someone who is ready to lead. Although I am a Democrat, I recognize that it’s more important to put country ahead of party and that’s why I support John McCain.”
Rothschild, an attorney and businesswoman, supported Sen. Clinton during the Democratic primaries. She will campaign for Sen. McCain through Election Day.
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I always enjoy the campaign season, not always because of the debates and the campaign rhetoric, but for the comedians. Late night talk show hosts and Saturday Night Live tend to have a field day with politicians. Usually the politicians make it easy for them, they say something without thinking or they end up in the wrong place during the wrong time and they look extremely awkward. For example in 1996 when Bob Dole fell off a stage, or in 2004 when John Kerry goes surfing. These are times when the comedian’s role up their sleeve and just go at it. This campaign season there is a lot that be made fun of. For obvious starters, John McCain’s age is going to be perfect for poking fun at. The man is old. For Barack Obama, he has a tendency to say something and then have to retract it. For example yesterday he said, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” While this may be an old saying (I never heard of it) but the timing is rather suspect and he is already coming under fire for this. I am sure that tonight the comedians are going to make at least one comment about his statement. Should Obama have said this, no, not at all. The timing was suspect. Last week Palin makes lipstick remark and now this, the easy connection to make is that Obama was calling Palin a pig. I’m sure he was not, but it isn’t that much of a stretch. Here is a clip of some of the late night talk show hosts poking fun at the campaigns.
Now that Senator John McCain has the national lead in the polls and is closing in on Barack Obama in the Electoral College count, he has come out with a new ad trying to increase his lead. Barack Obama still leads in the Electoral College count if you look at the polls state by state. John McCain however is closing the gap. Depending on the poll you look at and the break down of the states, Barack Obama has around 278 Electoral College votes to John McCain’s 260. Just a few months ago, McCain was barley above the 200 mark and Obama was well in the 300’s.
According to recent polls, Obama is leading in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Washington State, and Colorado.
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I realize that political polls this far out from an election are not very useful in determining the outcome of the election. However I do think that the resent results are fairly interesting when coupled with viewership for the conventions. The recent USA Today/Gallup poll has Republican John McCain leading Democrat Barack Obama by 54%-44% among registered voters. Couple this with the fact that the Republican Convention had a higher viewership then the Democrat Convention and there may be some momentum building for John McCain. The Republican Convention was the most viewed convention in the history of conventions. This kind of flies in the face of common thought.
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It is now less then two months away. The election for the 44th President of the United States. Last night Senator John McCain delivered his acceptance speech to a packed hall in Minnesota. The speech which lasted for close to an hour was full of some specifics but lacked the fire and exuberance of Barack Obama’s speech. This was to be expected. John McCain is not a motivating speaker, he has lived a motivating life, but he is not going to get you fired up listening to him speak about energy policy or foreign relations. There is no doubt that he has far more experience and background to be President. He has been groomed for this position and is definitely ready for the job, the real question is whether he will be able to motivate voters to show up and support him. Barack Obama can do this; he can lead a crowd and stir them into a frenzy that will follow him anywhere. The question Barack needs to answer is whether he has a plan and can back up his enthusiastic statements with substance.
It seems that both candidates are trying to hit home the change theme. Barack wants a change in leadership away from the 8 years of George Bush. McCain wants a change in direction and the abuse of Washington power.
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Last night the Republican Vice Presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin gave an electric and well delivered speech to the Republican Convention and the country. She had in my opinion three goals for the speech and I feel delivered them. First, she needed to introduce herself to the country. Before last weekend no one had even heard of Sarah Palin. Alaska is a state, but we didn’t know who the governor was. The last thing I heard about Alaska was that their Senator was being brought up on criminal charges, but still managed to win the primary. Sarah Palin delivered this; she gave the country her background and pointed out who she is, where she came from, and what she believes.
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Oliver Stones latest movie is about the current President, George W. Bush. I am planning on watching the movie out of curiosity, but like all of Oliver Stones movies I am also expecting him to take some liberties and try to drum up a controversy and conspiracy theory. The current plan is to release the movie just in time to impact the General Election. Just like Oliver Stone and the Hollywood elite to try and put their fingerprints on the future of our country. Here is the latest trailer for W.
While in Germany Barack Obama decided not to visit injured American troops. Instead he played basketball. John McCain’s latest ad makes sure everyone knows about Obama’s choice.
John McCain’s latest ad blasts Obama on his flip flopping, but at the same time it seems to agree with his stance on Iraq.
This new ad by John McCain isn’t too bad. You can tell though that the summer has slowed things down with the campaigns. The press is all over Barack Obama for having his kids on tv during an interview, not to mention the comment made by Jesse Jackson. Jesse Jackson, who by the way really is irrelevent in modern politics. Though there are many people out there who still listen to him for some odd reason, and his propensity for making not well thought out comments could hurt Barack in the fall.
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