In the past month or so, Barack Obama is starting to look more and more mortal to voters throughout America. The scandal with Reverend Wright and the comments made about religion and guns have provided an opportunity for the Republicans to seize upon. In a great article on politico by Josh Krashaar, he explains how the RNC has recently purchased half a million dollars in ads to begin attacking Obama, particularly in Republican leaning districts in places like Mississippi and Louisiana. I think it will be interested to see how effective these ads will be in convincing voters that Obama is an elitist. I do not foresee them to be as damning as the sailboat ads for Kerry because it does not carry the same simple message of being able to say he said x than y. Instead, it will have to rely on statements like “Obama is an elitist. Who hates your ability to be religious or have a gun.” In reality, he doesn’t really think these things. Additionally, every President could probably be considered elitist given the schools they have attended, their families’ wealth, etc. I don’t think it will be quite the same issue as it was for Kerry but who knows.
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9933.html
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I think it's awkward that there's a candidate that, prior to this past month, appeared "more than mortal."
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