The message I hope to hear from Obama TODAY

[ExPatLeftist]

"If my opponent wants to call a 'time out' on the debates because there is a crisis in the nation, how will he handle the multiple crises that face America on a daily basis if he is elected President? If there is a crisis in Georgia and an economic crisis at the same time, will John McCain ask for a "time out" from foreign leaders so that he can focus on the economy? In our complex world, we need a president that is capable of multi-tasking - not one that can focus on only one issue at a time."

[jpertello]

1. He actually said that in so many words yesterday.

He should also say "I thought with John McCain we'd get Bush's 3rd term, but now it's starting to look more like Reagan's 3rd term".

[Boz]

2. Leahy said it : "It was the same way with Ronald Reagan in the last few years he was President"

With Democrats on the precipice of raising the age issue against John McCain, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont seemed to cross the line completely, then immediately backtrack, my colleague Ken Vogel reports.

Leahy told Vogel yesterday the media has given McCain a free pass on flubs including mixing up Middle East geography, Shiite and Sunni Muslims, and referring to Russia's relationship Czechoslovakia — a country that hasn't existed for 15 years.

"It was the same way with Ronald Reagan in the last few years he was president," Leahy said, referring to the belief that Reagan experienced early signs of Alzheimer's disease late in his presidency.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/McCains_slips_and_Reagans.html?showall

[ExPatLeftist]

3. IMO any comparison to Saint Ronnie doesn't help our cause

You and I know how horrible Reagan was for the nation. But on the right, and in the media and therefore in the minds of I would guess a majority of Americans, Raygun has been anointed.

[Boz]

4. yes but there are 3 generations or more of Voters that only see the flashback Alzheimers Reagan