As Real Clear Politics points out, Obama said he’d bring a gun to the knife fight with the GOP – but it look like he’s only capable of shooting himself in the foot. The set up: Obama’s people run an ad in Georgia linking McCain to Reed in an attempt to tie McCain to Abramoff. Response from Team McCain:
“Barack Obama’s ad is ridiculous. Because of John McCain, corruption was exposed and people like Jack Abramoff went to jail.
However, if Barack Obama wants to have a discussion about truly questionable associations, let’s start with his relationship with the unrepentant terrorist William Ayers, at whose home Obama’s political career was reportedly launched. Mr. Ayers was a leader of the Weather Underground, a terrorist group responsible for countless bombings against targets including the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon and numerous police stations, courthouses and banks. In recent years, Mr. Ayers has stated, ‘I don’t regret setting bombs… I feel we didn’t do enough.’
“The question now is, will Barack Obama immediately call on the University of Illinois to release all of the records they are currently withholding to shed further light on Senator Obama’s relationship with this unrepentant terrorist?”
Now thats gonna leave a mark! Obama said the other day that McCain doesn’t know what he’s up against – I begin to think that McCain has taken the measure of Obama and heaved a sigh of relief that the Democrats didn’t pick Hillary, Richardson or any Democrat who actually has some experience in a hostile campaign environment. Obama is a man of many gifts, but there’s really no substitute for experience. Obama vs McCain is the difference between a recent business school grad and the guy who’s been in business for 20 years – the grad might have some really good things going for him, but he doesn’t know how things work in the real world.
As of this moment, I still place the advantage with Obama – in terms of money, friendly media and the continuing unpopularity of President Bush and the GOP, Obama still has all the ingredients a Democrat needs to win the White House. But there has been a noticable shift in the campaign, and McCain is now surging while Obama is trying to hold on to his early advantage.
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