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Barack Obama Watch: “We Are a Better Country Than This”
Barack Obama is preparing to deliver his speech at Invesco Field to accept the Democrat Party nomination for President.The text of the speech is here.
Flap will be micro-blogging the speech in the right sidebar under Twitter Updates ——->
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John McCain Watch: Is it Romney?
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Romney Family Gets Security SweepFox News exclusively confirms that John McCain has finalized his choice for Vice President and notes that both Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty have cleared their schedules
Senator John McCain and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney
Matt Drudge has a poll up on his main page and Romney is beating second place Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison almost three to 1. Tim Pawlenty is in fourth place behind a dark horse candidate selection.On Intrade, Mitt Romney is leading Tim Pawlenty 62.2 to 20.0 up 17 points. Tom Ridge is in third place.
So, will Mitt Romney be the GOP Vice Presidential selection?
Conventional wisdom says yes but Flap can feel the deflation out of the GOP if McCain chooses him. Americans want different this election season and Mitt Romney along with McCain will assure an Obama-Biden win in November.
The GOP desperately needs to attract independent and women voters and with that……
Flap’s picks:
!. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
2. Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
3. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty
4. Lousiana Governor Bobby Jindal
Update:
Ambinder says McCain keeps mentioning former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge this morning. A clue?
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Barack Obama Denver Stage – OMG
The New York Post is right on this Greek/Roman comedy
Barack Obama will tonight formally accept the nomination of the Democrat Party for President at Invesco Field in Denver.But, in what is called a “classically-themed backdrop” with fireworks timed to be set off after Obama utters his last line of his speech, regular voters are aghast at the spectacular.
Here is another look at the stage:
Anyone think this will play in the working class neighborhoods of Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania?Guess EVEN some Dems are getting nervous about the setting.
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John McCain Watch: Web Video “Remote Control” Slams Obama’s Unreadiness to Lead
“Remote Control”Team McCain released this web video last night while Flap was at the reirtement dinner. In it the McCainiacs use clips of former Deomcrat rivals, including Hillary Clinton to slam Barack Obama on his inexperience.
Key Graph:You know, I am a believer in … in knowing what you’re doing when you apply for a job. Uh, and I think that … if I were seriously to consider running on a national ticket, I would essentially have to start now, before having served a day in the Senate. Now there may be some people who are comfortable doing that, but I am not one of those people. — Barack Obama, 2004
The ad is a little on the longish side so it will be cut and broken into 30 second sound bites. Watch for parts of it to be on television throughout the fall.
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links for 2008-08-28
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Is this China or America? #DNC08
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Reports of strong support within John McCain's presidential campaign for Independent Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman as the Republican candidate for vice president are not a fairy tale. Influential McCain backers, plus McCain himself, would pick the pro-choice liberal from Connecticut if they thought they could get away with it.
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“What is that feeling in the air?†I asked him.
“Submerged hate,†he promptly replied.
There were a lot of bitter Clinton associates, fund-raisers and supporters wandering the halls, spewing vindictiveness, complaining of slights, scheming about Hillary’s roll call and plotting trouble, with some in the Clinton coterie dissing Obama by planning early departures, before the nominee even speaks.
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Democrat Barack Obama’s selection of Joe Biden as a running mate is complicating Republican John McCain’s analysis of his prospective vice presidential contenders.
Biden will make his formal debut Wednesday with a primetime address. McCain is expected to announce his pick after Obama accepts his nomination here on Thursday.
John McCain has two choices: Kay Bailey Hutchison or Sarah Palin
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Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's long-shot prospect for vice president is getting a push from conservative and other pundits in the lead-up to next week's Republican National Convention.
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