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James Forsyth

Monday, 30th June 2008

I’ve been away for a few days and will be back properly tomorrow with some thoughts on the campaign to come, the dumb things that both sides are saying and the whole VP question. But for the meantime, I’ll point you to Obama’s second general election ad which shows how Obama is trying to both define himself as someone who understands the average voter and isn’t a standard-issue big government liberal.

We’re still waiting for Obama’s dramatic general election pivot---his father’s day speech shows how powerful Obama could be on education if that was where he chose to buck party orthodoxy—but he is already making far more centrist noises than he was during the primary campaign. Obama is dominating news coverage at the moment and if he can colonise the centre ground over the next few months then he is going to make it very hard for McCain to compete.

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Julia Paul

July 1st, 2008 1:37am

"Making it hard for McCain to compete"? Yes, so how about aggressive action against Iran before November? Would that help McCain? Well, it's in the pipeline - a resolution is to be placed before Congress around 4th July - nice timing, all on holiday. Have a look at this: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.CON.RES.362:
Stringent sanctions against Iran, virtually a declaration of war, yet likely to pass without notice. Surely worth a mention in the Speccie?

Ian C

July 1st, 2008 11:03am

This is pretty much up to date -an interesting article on the Obama/Rezko land purchase and their mortgage under further scrutiny.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/07/the_obamas_and_their_mortgage_1.html

TGF UKIP

July 1st, 2008 6:30pm

Obama, though, might have one problem. He and Hillary drove each other ever leftward in the primaries and I'm sure the McCain campaign have more than enough shots and quotes to paint him for what he is - a say anything to get elected, dyed in the wool ultra liberal.