Obama has no idea how to deal with McCain.

[denem]

I found this in the Guardian:

The Clinton campaign is expected to change its tack following the emergence of John McCain as the likely Republican adversary. The Clinton camp is expected to argue that she is better placed to deal with McCain on security and economics. Her team is also expected to bring up a testy exchange of letters between McCain and Obama in 2006. McCain accused Obama of backtracking on a promise to support him over a bill to restrict lobbying. He accused Obama of "self-interested partisan posturing". Obama responded to say he was "puzzled" by McCain's outburst.

"It was sad to watch," said a Clinton campaign source. "He has no idea how to deal with McCain."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections08/hillaryclinton/story/0,,2254983,00.html

Does anyone know what this is about?

[hedgehog]

1. I don't know what this is about, but my mother commented that

anyone who sees John McCain standing next to Obama would be crazy to vote for McCain.

[tabatha]

2. That's a comment from the Clinton camp.

What do you expect them to say?

[TwilightGardener]

3. The nasty letter McCain sent, and issued publicly to the press, that

snarled about Obama doing something political, or going back on a deal, or something. Obama wrote a very tactful and respectful letter back, and McCain let the matter drop when he realized it made him look like an egomaniacal nasty sarcastic son of a bitch. This makes Obama look GOOD, IMO. Obama handled the issue professionally and without rancor.

[denem]

11. Thank You

[blm]

4. Clintons are stupid. Obama OWNED McCain in that exchange. Why side with McCain?

Deja Vu.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk1k0nUWEQg

If there's a Dem to be attacked, Clinton WILL side with McCain - and Bush.

[lligrd]

5. He Could Just Mimic "Bomb Bomb Bomb - Bomb Iran" Or

mention the 100 year war. We've got plenty of stuff on McCain to help Obama with. Don't you worry.

[HeraldSquare212]

6. Clinton will beat McCain on security? I think only Ann Coulter thinks that. nt

[loveangelc]

7. MEN DO NOT CARE. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR HILLARY OVER MCCAIN

NO MATTER WHAT SHE SAYS. ANYONE WHO FEELS THEY WILL OTHERWISE IS A FOOL.

thats all.

[Danger Mouse]

12. I would vote for Hillary over McCain without the slightest hesitation.

In fact, it would be very happy to do so. Even joyous.
Please don't broadbrush.

[Azathoth]

8. Yeah, the Clinton crew is so masterful, they're losing to a junior senator no one had heard of

four months ago. Gives me lots of confidence they can handle McCain.:eyes:

[TwilightGardener]

17. Word.

[Blondiegrrl]

23. I agree. For anyone who can survive the tag-teaming Clintons ....

McCain is all downhill from there.

[no name no slogan]

9. He doesn't need to "deal" with McCain. He just needs to BEAT HIM

nt

[K Gardner]

10. Because Clinton, Inc said it does not make it so.

[tabatha]

13. Yes, just read this change of position.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/15/580425.aspx

But Clinton didn't always speak so negatively of the lobbying legislation. In fact, according to Clinton’s Jan. 18 speech from the Senate floor on the bill, she lauded it as "much needed and long-awaited." She even said it bans meals.

“The American public deserves to be certain that their elected officials are not being swayed by lavish gifts offered as quid pro quo for promoting special agendas,” Clinton said, per a search of the Library of Congress database. “To that end, gifts from registered lobbyists have no place in our legislative process. For that reason, I support the sweeping ban on lobbyist-paid gifts in the Senate bill. This ban includes not just meals but also gifts of travel and lodging, areas that have been the subject of notorious abuse."

She closed her speech this way: “The reforms contained in both the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007 and the Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007 enact much-needed and long-awaited reforms that move us toward those goals.”

[denem]

16. I was asking whether there was in substance

to this "testy" exchange of letters which was "sad to watch". I guessing there isn't.

[K Gardner]

18. There's another thread up on it.. let me find the link..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4491378&mesg_id=4491378

LOL.. altho, I think this is the same thing you posted.

I've seen this up on Google.. do you want me to try to find the letters or other articles for ya?

[Cha]

14. A clinton campaign source is about

as valid as Toykorose. Obama's campaign instinctively knows a hellava lot more than the freakin' years clintons have been rotting in Washington DC.

[Danger Mouse]

15. McCain is beating himself.

He just needs to keep saying more stupid shit. It'll all come back to bite him.
IMHO, the 'in iraq for 100 years' comment killed his campaign before it even began. If obama/hillary is smart, they will hammer him on this. THere's NO way he can respond to that in a way that will make him look good.

[tyne]

19. Clinton better watch it...

Her husband has already said that a McCain/Hillary race would be so civil that it would put people to sleep.

[Danger Mouse]

20. Bill's wrong.

McCain will play dirty, and play it hard.

[Blondiegrrl]

21. Sounds like he knew exactly how to deal with him.

McCain was obviously dangling a hook and trying to get Obama on the defensive, but Obama refused to take the bait.

[jillan]

22. If Obama is our nominee - there is one thing I can't wait for -

and that is to see old man McCain standing next to young Obama.

That will be great.

[Hippo_Tron]

24. And that's exactly how you deal with McLame

Frame it about past vs future and stay on that message as much as possible.

[jillan]

26. exactly -

I'm not worried about either one of our candidates.

Hillary will eat him up alive; and all Obama will have to do is stand next to him.

Heck - Limpo will destroy McCain before we even chose our candidate :P

[hedgetrimmer]

25. The only reason Hillary knows how to deal with McCain

is because she is a bad donkey and McCain is bad elephant and it takes a bad donkey to know a bad elephant. Obama is a good donkey and therefor he does not know what to do with a bad elephant.