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Originally Posted by Parihaka
Oh I'm not suggesting you should run out and vote for him. To me, that speech simply puts him in the same ballpark as Clinton, prior to this I'd have placed him a very distant third behind McCain & Clinton. As far as my choice if I could vote, I still stick to what I said here |
I have to agree with zraver. The liberal media is showing its bias right now and trying to paint his speech in the best possible light, but what the speech has done is narrowed his appeal and pegged his economic positions to those of John Edwards and his positions on race to those of Jesse Jackson. Edwards hasn't done too well, and Jackson is not even a serious candidate. No one who considers what he has said today carefully can say that he is a fresh voice anymore. The consequences won't play out over night, but the main question now is whether Obama will go down before the convention or drag down the Democrats with him in Nov.
Also, I agree with your linked comments about McCain. I'm not sure what to think of Condi Rice.