Obama v. McCain: The Battle for the Indpendent Vote
At a press availability in Los Angeles this morning, Senator Obama called the debate last night a “good” one and then highlighted the differences between Hillary Clinton and himself on the issues of Iraq, health care, and special interests.
He also stressed that he has done more than any other to engage people “who otherwise would not participate” in the political process, which is why he believes he would be more successful in a general election than Clinton. “I’m confident I will get her votes if I’m the nominee. It’s not clear that she would get the votes I got if she were the nominee,” he said, referring to the constituents who would be more inclined to vote for Obama, but not Clinton.
He’s also confident that, in an Obama-McCain match-up, he would take the Independent vote.
Obama then flew to New Mexico, where he delivered a speech on the economy - and took a swipe at the Republican frontrunner for his position on tax cuts. “There was a time when Senator McCain courageously defied the fiscal madness of massive tax cuts for the wealthy in the midst of a costly war. But that was before he started running for the Republican nomination and fell in line. Now he wants to make permanent the tax cuts he once denounced. Well I haven’t changed my mind. They have been an economic disaster for America, and I will end them when I am President,” Obama said.
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