Conservative blogger outlines GOP attack plan for Obama

[katty]

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Conservative blogger outlines GOP attack plan for Obama
Michael Roston
Published: Wednesday February 20, 2008


Barack Obama appears to be riding high after winning his ninth and tenth primary contests in a row on Tuesday night in Wisconsin and Hawaii. And while Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign may be struggling to knock the Illinois senator off stride, all indications show that Republican political strategists are gearing up for their own attacks on the candidate if he sustains his momentum.

In a blog post at the National Review Online, reporter Jim Geraghty asked the question, "Once you take away Barack Obama’s likeability… what’s left?"

Geraghty argued in the Tuesday post that Obama is highly vulnerable to a set of criticisms that can only be made by Republicans, and that once they are deployed, they will reverberate with voters around the country and end the idea that Obama is untouchable.

John McCain can point out that Obama wanted to make it a felony if your gun is stolen from your residence and used in a crime, if the government determines you did not “securely store” the weapon. Hillary Clinton can’t.

John McCain can point out how Obama opposes a ban on partial birth abortion ban, and who voted against a bill that would require medical care for aborted fetuses who survive. Hillary Clinton can’t.

John McCain can point out how Obama was the only state senator to oppose a law that prohibited early prison release for sex offenders. For some reason, Hillary Clinton hasn’t.

[Buzz Clik]

1. "Once you take away Barack Obama’s likeability… what’s left?" Not a relevant question for McCain.

If the GOP strategy is to borrow Hillary's playbook, this contest will be over before it starts.

[Hydra]

2. Reality will be a crushing blow

once the media decides Obama's had his time in the sun.

I suppose I'll be needing this, since I'm not too pleased with our other choice:

:popcorn:

[Demeter]

3. No Baggage

It's not just his likeability.

[villager]

4. the Republicans, in other words, will be rerunning their campaigns from the 80's?

n/t

[tulsakatz]

10. just like they said last night.........

it's a choice between the politics of yesterday vs the politics of tomorrow

Gee! I wonder which one the people will choose? The same old shit we've had for years or the promise of a new tomorrow?

[villager]

13. well, I'm not in to overestimating "the people," if that's what you mean...

tho' I'd love to be proven wrong. For once.

[jaysunb]

5. SOS.....

same old shit, same stupid people. much different results coming soon. :evilfrown:

[death to the DLC]

6. I notice that he failed to mention

that the country is sick and fucking tired of republicans. People are slowly realizing that they are short on policy and long on nastiness.

[aquart]

8. Unlike Obama supporters.

LOL! Irony challenged???

[aquart]

7. In the general, they both better mention the economy.

But NOBODY is gonna vote for more Republican government with what we're facing by the time November rolls around.

For god's sake, people, Sharper Image just declared bankruptcy!

[louis-t]

9. What, they will continue to call him 'Osama' on Fox?

Keep saying he's Muslim? :eyes:

[AlertLurker]

11. Worse. The ANTI-CHRIST.

No - I'm not kidding. I've read a number of Obama=theBeast=MABUS threads on various RW boards in the past week. It would be kind of humourous, except for the fact that you just KNOW it's going to bring ALL the fundie-fuckwit-Evangelical Christers out of the woodwork...

[yurbud]

12. Obama can point out McCain's ''100 year war'' crack; Hillary can't...

[wpelb]

Accidental double post

n/t

[wpelb]

14. Why John McCain v. Hillary Clinton?

I understand the argument that's being made, but bloggers like those at DU, Huffington Post, and elsewhere should be (and should have been) raising the issues that Sen. McCain presumably will and Sen. Clinton hasn't. If a candidate from your own party has some baggage that will help him (or her) in the general election, it's better for it to be brought out during the primary nominating process. Every Democrat (not just the other presidential contenders) should be looking for crap among the Democratic candidates long before any primary or caucus is held. That may sound nasty (and it is), but it's better to take care of it in-house than to wait for the other side to do it for (or to) you.

[fasttense]

15. Well, that's just the problem,

you can't take away Obama's likability. It's like saying you're going to take away your cat's feline-ness. It's in his bones, it's what he is.

Unlike McCain who has absolutely lost all his likability. Now he just comes across as a very grumpy old man.

Those issues listed by the Freeper will not sink a candidate, they are very minor to an overall campaign. On the other hand, adultery, not answering trumped talking points and not counting votes will sink a candidate. We'll see how/if Obama deals with those issues.