Reuters: McCain can't make attacks stick to Obama

[denem]

McCain can't make attacks stick to Obama
Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:05am EDT

By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent - Analysis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican accusations against Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama have come fast and thick, from palling around with terrorists to being a tax-loving socialist.

But Obama has proven surprisingly adept at shrugging off rival John McCain's attacks and opinion polls show McCain is the one whose image has suffered from the negativity.

"Obama has handled himself very calmly and in many ways has seemed steadier than McCain -- and McCain has really helped him create that impression," said Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center.

"He's tried a lot of things. Obama has done a good job of countering them."

Obama's resiliency has surprised Republican strategists who entered the campaign for the November 4 election believing he was vulnerable to the sort of attacks that helped bring down recent Democratic candidates like John Kerry and Al Gore.

http://www.reuters.com/article/sarahPalin/idUSTRE49L51N20081025?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=10112

To quote Barack, 'I made a bet on the American people'.

[1corona4u]

1. If I've said it once, I've said it 100 times...

:-)

[PermanentRevolution]

2. Obama's rubber, McCain is glue!

:silly:

The problem for McCain is you can't go negative when your opponent is way more likable than you are. It just makes you seem like an angry old man. It doesn't help when you actually ARE an angry old man, either.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. Love the quote - "Obama has handled himself very calmly and in many ways ....

has seemed steadier than McCain"

Is there ONE WAY at all that McCain has showed any steadiness?

These media and polling folks are really sloppy with the phrases they use - or, it is intentional....

[denem]

4. Steady Lies?

[bigdarryl]

5. It's called TEFLON!!!!

[roseBudd]

6. According to a Newsweek article on the Science of voting, likeable candidates are not hurt by

negative attacks