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Obama's woes have nothing to do with 'lipstick'
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Sep 13, 2008 02:10pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, September 13, 2008 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | No, Barack Obama was not making fun of Sarah Palin when he talked about some Republican putting “lipstick on a pig.”
He was trying to be colloquial, and John McCain’s campaign knew as much – even as it was going theatrically ballistic.
That’s not to say that Obama hasn’t made mistakes. In fact, he’s made – and is making – a lot.
For two years, Obama played the golf course of presidential politics with the ice-cold self-assuredness of a Tiger Woods. But since securing the Democratic nomination, he’s made a series of strategic errors that could jeopardize his chances in November.
After traveling with him on the trail, watching him in Denver and talking to Democratic operatives and insiders, here’s my list of his errant shots:
-Declining to take federal financing for the general election
-Declining McCain’s offer to hold ten town hall debates
-Failing to go all the way with the Clintons
-The 22-state strategy
-Failing to state a sweeping, but concrete, policy idea
-Remaining trapped in professor-observer speak
-Failing to attack McCain early
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