OBAMA, NOT McCAIN, WITH A TWO FRONT WAR
From WaPo
Obama aides also expect to take concentrated fire from McCain (Ariz.) and his Republican allies, who have already begun raising questions about the 46-year-old Democratic senator's credibility, authenticity and even his patriotism.
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McCain has already made clear how he will try to brand Obama if they are opponents in November, drawing on the Illinois Democrat's Senate votes on abortion, taxes and guns as evidence that he is out of the mainstream.
Without the nomination sowed up, mathematically or otherwise, this looks like a mistake, because both are imperatives, yes?:
Obama aides stressed that the campaign will not be drawn into a fight for Pennsylvania on Clinton's terms: an expensive, all-out battle focused on her. Instead, the campaign's main target will be McCain -- a point underscored by Obama when he declared himself "ready to start a great debate about the future of the country with a man who loves his country and served it bravely."
Hillary should start talking about John McCain, instead of George Bush now. However, she may calculate, as in Survivor, that it is not in her interest to do so, if she still has a shot at the nomination mathematically.
Depending on what he is talking about, Obama may be able to use the press coverage of the Obama-McCain flaps to make points about Hillary. It is possible to get two birds with one stone.
Not looking forward to this three-way, however.
