Obama: The 'Ol' Boys Network' Just Another McCain Staff Meeting

[sabra]

Source: ABC News

ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama opened up a new line of criticism against his Republican rival Sen. John McCain's response to the economic crisis this week capitalizing on McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin's recent campaign pledge that they will take on the "ol' boys network" in Washington DC.

“This is somebody who’s been in Congress for twenty-six years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign, and now he tells us that he’s the one who will take on the ol' boy network,”Obama said before a crowd in Elko, Nev.

"The ol’ boy network? In the McCain campaign, that’s called a staff meeting," Obama said.

Obama blasted the changing responses McCain had this week to the economic crisis pointing out that he began the week saying the "fundamentals of the economy are strong.

" Now his campaign must have realized that probably this wasn't the smartest thing to say on the day of a financial meltdown, so they sent him out a few hours later to clean up his remark," Obama said.

Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/obama-the-ol-bo.html

[Captain Hilts]

1. Obama doesn't have that many female advisers. He really can't talk.

A new batch of Old Boyz.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Predictably.

Who you voting for, Mook?

[Captain Hilts]

5. Obama. And I'm already volunteering for him.

I'm just not a toadie for anyone.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. Well...

How many women on his campaign, in his campaign would be enough for you? Ballpark figure will do.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. OOPS!

Double post. The DoS attack must be starting up again.

[Captain Hilts]

6. The system has been very dodgy. nt

[medeak]

9. I saw two women with him today

and they weren't security. Had eagle eye view of staff going to limousine to talk to him

[Number23]

11. This will sure as hell come as a surprise to these folks

Obama doesn't have that many female advisers. He really can't talk.

Do these folks know that???

Susan Rice, I do believe is his chief foreign policy strategist

Cassandra Butts, advisor to the Obama campaign on domestic policy

Judy Gold, Chair of the Obama campaign’s Policy Committee on Women’s Issues.

Samantha Power, foreign policy advisor.

And that's with a 7 minute Google search. If I was doing a real search, I'm sure that I'd find more.

[Number23]

12. Found a few more for you, Mookie...

Karen Kornbluh, policy director for U.S. Senator Barack Obama. May or may not be working on his campaign though, but my guess is that she is.

Sarah Sewall is advising on counterinsurgency strategy.

No Photo for Heather Higginbottom, campaign senior policy strategist

[alsame]

2. That was great line. But I also liked the fact that he said the

campaign 'sent him out later to clean up his remark'. It reinforces the idea that McCain isn't in charge and doesn't really know what he's talking about. Not a laugh line, but an important one.

[medeak]

8. I heard SAW him today! great one liner!

But most of speech was very substantive and informative. Two republicans next to me (they had a rally before Obama came...so glad as they stayed to listen!) said "He's a very good speaker that's for certain""

60 minutes was there. Interviewed Obama for 10 minutes and then he returned and shook more hands.... held friend's baby. sweet.

[EFerrari]

10. Who is Obama's chief economic adviser? Anyone know? n/t