Campaign Updates and Media Headlines 7/31/08
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The Note: Inevitability, Now (ABC News)
The latest entry in the (bulging) Obama files: “This is the moment . . . that the world is waiting for,” he told House Democrats Tuesday night, per The Washington Post’s Jonathan Weisman. “I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions.”… Toss in a jettisoned faux-presidential seal, a canceled visit with troops, maybe a sprinkling of broken promises, and you’ve got enough to weave an uncomfortable yet unforgettable suit.
Rather, Senator Obama, you have MADE yourself into a symbol, one that is not accepted by everyone, even in your party.—Caro
Gallup Daily: Presidential Race Tightens to 4 Points
Voters’ presidential preferences have settled back to 46% for Barack Obama versus 42% for John McCain, after a brief period during which Obama held a larger lead.
GOP’s celeb-Obama message gains traction (Politico)
Barack Obama’s critics laid down the foundations of the strategy months ago: The Republican National Committee started the “Audacity Watch” back in April, and Karl Rove later fueled the attack by describing the first-term Illinois senator as “coolly arrogant.” It wasn’t until the last week, however, that the narrative of Obama as a president-in-waiting – and perhaps getting impatient in that waiting - began reverberating beyond the e-mail inboxes of Washington operatives and journalists. Perhaps one of the clearest indications emerged Tuesday from the world of late-night comedy, when David Letterman offered his “Top Ten Signs Barack Obama is Overconfident.” The examples included Obama proposing to change the name of Oklahoma to “Oklobama,” and measuring his head for Mount Rushmore.
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Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com
