It seems that in the past few weeks there have been a variety of articles about how the Republicans would attack Obama in the general election. There was the RNC event a few weeks ago where they outlined their plan for attacking Obama. It seems every week there is a new story or article regarding strategies for going after him. I am not surprised that the Republicans are gearing up but where are the Dems? Why are there no stories on ways to hit McCain?
Part of the problems for the Democrats has been their inability to go negative with the Republicans. Yes, Dems haven't decided on a candidate yet and therefore can't truly prepare to hit McCain until they have a nominee but thematically Clinton or Obama could hit him on the same issues. As a frustrated Democrat, I really would like to see some strategy, some early plans to attack McCain without involving the NYT.
Howard Dean, please take some of that enthusiasm from your 2004 campaign and do some good opposition research and develop some strong strategies for hitting the 72 year old Senator. You know they Republicans have because it is all over the paper.
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I agree. I think that the democrats are overlooking how to defeat the Republicans because they are so worried about who the democratic cadidate will be. Obama and Hillary are still concerned about defeating one another than they are the opposition.
I absolutely agree that at least one of the Democrats should start attacking McCain. However, he or she should do it strategically using more or less credible sources and information. The NYT article you are referring to was a disaster from a factual point of view and failed to hurt McCain's campaign. It can even be argued that that article helped him by uniting conservatives and his supporters in a common fight.
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