Obama practically dared Republican congressional candidates to keep
linking their Democratic opponents to him.
"The same kinds of tactics that the Republican Party has been
employing over the last several election cycles just aren't going to
work this time," he told reporters on his charter plane after
receiving former rival John Edwards' endorsement Wednesday.
"I mean, they did everything they could, right? They ran Wright. They
ran Obama. In Louisiana, they ran Pelosi. The same way that in
previous election cycles they had run Hillary or other folks they
thought would scare off voters. It didn't work."
Obama said Americans want "change in this election," and they
especially care about health care, jobs, gasoline prices, college
affordability and the Iraq war.
"The Republican Party better be prepared to debate issues," he said,
"because that's what people are focused on right now."
From The Associated Press, 5/16/08:
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-obama-attack-ads,0,6534497.story
Obama warns Republicans about critical ads
By CHARLES BABINGTON | Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO -
Perhaps no one took greater comfort in the Republican Party's third
straight loss of a long-held House seat this week than Barack Obama,
who says the results point to clear limits in the effectiveness of
attack ads he expects this fall.
The Democratic presidential candidate played a prominent role in all
three special elections to fill vacant GOP seats, and he landed on the
winning side each time.
In recent contests in Louisiana and Mississippi, Republicans or their
allies ran TV ads linking the Democratic House nominees to Obama,
warning that a vote for them was a tacit endorsement of Obama's
agenda, which the ads described as very liberal.
In Mississippi, ads against Democrat Travis Childers also tied him to
Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and to House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
The efforts failed, putting Democrats in House seats the GOP had
considered safe, and sending waves of panic through Republican circles
nationwide.
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Panic time in the Grand Oil Party
Harry
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