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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zeta1961 who wrote (30263)	9/3/2008 11:30:44 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

I think that speech was a disaster. People are waiting to hear what they will do about the economy and that speech was empty on that point.

To: zeta1961 who wrote (30263)	9/3/2008 11:36:54 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

Palin pick expected to boost Clinton's role for Obama newsday.com BY ELIZABETH MOORE 10:54 PM EDT, September 3, 2008 The naming of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate has boosted the importance of New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's help to his Democratic opponent, campaign operatives say -- but not for the reasons you might think. The McCain campaign says it selected the moose-hunting, anti-abortion "hockey mom" for her maverick qualities, but most observers agree the choice also is aimed at pitching for a slice of disappointed Clinton voters. "I think Sarah Palin is a really good choice -- it just makes it easy to vote for him," said Toni Alves of San Francisco, a Clinton backer who felt betrayed by the Democratic Party. But we may see as many campaign events at bowling alleys and beer halls as simulations of "The View" when Clinton goes on the stump to challenge McCain and Palin this fall, Democratic operatives say. Hillary's bond with her voters actually isn't primarily a woman thing. "I would not conclude that these are monolithic voters who would support any woman," said Jano Cabrera, a former spokesman for the Democratic National Committee. "They supported Hillary because she happened to be a woman and was championing the issues they held dear." Campaigning against a woman is a tricky business, Democrats admit, looking back at the epidemic of foot-in-mouth disease that broke out among liberals this week, who among other things questioned Palin's fitness for office because she has five children. Clinton has made it clear she's committed to campaigning for the Obama-Biden ticket, telling reporters in Denver, "I am really at their disposal to do what they believe will help them win." But she has been restrained about Palin, saying only that she would take the country in the "wrong direction." That issue-oriented tone is in line with findings by pollster Geoff Garin for the Democratic women's fundraising group Emily's List, which suggested McCain's choice of Palin may have damaged his standing with many women voters, who now view the Obama-Biden ticket as more experienced. "If you are not in step with women on the issues that are most concerning them .. then simply picking a woman ... does not win them over," said Emily's List executive director Ellen Moran. And though most voters have told the Gallup organization they don't consider abortion a deciding issue in this race, Clinton's stands differ from Palin's on a string of core issues, from health care reform to economic policy. "She (Clinton) has emerged from her presidential campaign as a major national political figure," said senior adviser Ann Lewis, "really a speaker and advocate on behalf of a large and important segment of the Democratic party," including "the nurse on the second shift ... the waitress on her feet." "She spoke to them at a time when standard political rhetoric had been leaving them out," Lewis said. "The good news for all of us is that increasingly, both parties are trying to speak to these same voters." Expect Clinton to seek to counter Palin's working-class appeal in the rural, average-Joe areas of the country where the New York senator has proved "extraordinarily popular" with both men and women, said Nassau Democratic chairman Jay Jacobs, who campaigned for her in Pennsylvania, Texas and northern New Hampshire. "She's naturally comfortable in that environment." The Obama campaign clearly gets that part. "Senator Clinton is a champion for working people and we know millions of Americans are looking forward to seeing her on the campaign trail this fall," campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. Copyright © 2008, Newsday Inc.