Jun 04 2008
McCain camp goes nuts
Have the people running Johnny McCain’s campaign completely lost their minds? Did they not witness what happened last night?
McCain challenges Obama on town hall meetings
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – John McCain asked Barack Obama to join him in 10 town hall meetings with voters in the coming months, and their campaigns began negotiations to make it happen. McCain, the Republican nominee-in-waiting, made the request Wednesday, the day after Obama clinched the Democratic nomination.
“We need to now sit down and work out a way that we can have these town hall meetings and have a great debate,” McCain told reporters in Baton Rouge.
Campaign managers for the two sides later spoke by phone and agreed in spirit to participate in joint town hall appearances, McCain’s campaign said.
“They both expressed a commitment to raising the level of dialogue, and they will be in close contact as we work together to make this idea a reality,” McCain spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker said.
My years observing political campaigns have taught me that it is usually the weaker candidate who seeks the spotlight the most. It is almost always the underdog who demands more debates.
I have but two pieces of advice for the McCain camp:
- Hire a speech coach for Johnny.
- Do everything in your power to ensure that Johnny is never, ever in the same room with Barack Obama.
The Republicans are making this much, much too easy.
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2 Responses to “McCain camp goes nuts”
Obama is definitely a far better orator than McCain. The town hall meetings would not be scripted so they would be interesting to watch though.
Yes, much too easy — as of today it looks like a slam dunk, but we’ll see.