"Digg It" Obama's A "Bigot" !!

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Senator Barack Obama forcefully criticized his rivals here Friday evening for suggesting he was out-of-touch with the American middle-class, after Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain accused Mr. Obama of belittling voters by calling them “bitter.”
A fresh controversy over electability emerged from comments Mr. Obama had made at a private fundraiser in California on Sunday. Mr. Obama outlined challenges facing his presidential candidacy in the upcoming primaries of Pennsylvania and Indiana, particularly winning over white working-class voters who have fallen through the cracks of the last two presidential administrations.
“So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations,” Mr. Obama said, according to a transcript that appeared Friday on the Hufington Post Web site.
The remarks touched off a torrent of criticism from Mrs. Clinton, Mr. McCain and a string of Republican activists and party officials, all of whom accused Mr. Obama of elitism and belittling the working class. At a rally here Friday evening, Mr. Obama drawing a standing ovation in a crowded gymnasium as he rebutted those charges and painted both of his rivals as entrenched Washington insiders. Obama going have to be on the defensive for the rest of his campaign. He has said to much, and has made it easy to paint him more in line with Wright. Obama has basically call rural America bigots. McCain and Clinton will hound him on this, and say that this is more proof that he did hear Wright's comments and agree with him. P.S. I had to take time off due to illness in the family. My mom had cancer and my dad had a major heart attack all in a week. Thank you for your prayers. Therefore---- I AM BACK AND ON THE ATTACK!!!

McCain and " Fill in The Blank" For 08?

MANCHESTER, N.H. (March 12) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday he has begun the process of finding a vice presidential running mate and wants someone who shares his views and can take his place.
Speaking to reporters on his campaign plane, the expected Republican nominee said he had seen news reports that a defeated rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, had expressed interest in the job, but he offered no comment one way or the other on whether Romney would be a candidate."I got that impression watching the interview last night," McCain said of Romney's interest in the No. 2 slot on the Republican ticket in November's election.Romney told Fox News Channel's "Hannity and Colmes" on Tuesday that "any Republican leader in this country would be honored to be asked to serve as the vice presidential nominee, myself included."Romney endorsed McCain in February after the Arizona senator defeated him in an often caustic campaign battle. McCain will face either Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York or Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in November.McCain said he was just beginning to put together a search team to vet potential candidates and seek background checks on them. He joked that he has had "at least 100 volunteers to lead" the search for a No. 2.No decision was expected any time soon. Presidential nominees often wait until just before their party's nominating convention in late summer to announce their running mate.

McCain said he and advisers have begun discussing "what was the process that was used in other campaigns, what process should we go through."He said his prime criteria is someone "who can take your place, shares your principles, your values and your vision and your priorities."McCain talked about his vice presidential search as he came to New Hampshire to hold a town-hall meeting in Exeter and say thank you to the state that revived his candidacy.McCain won New Hampshire in January and put him on track to seize control of the Republican race, months after he was given up for dead. McCain and Romney for 08! Just does not sound right to me. It seems to be that Mitt Romney would have better things to do. Is another white male on the republican ticket, going to be able to beat a Hillary and Obama ticket? Is there not a minority person able to get McCains interest? Do you think McCain will choose Romney? Would Mitt Romney, as Vice President, encourage you to vote for McCain?

McCain's Gain or Lost?

Publicly, McCain shrugs when asked whether the Democratic battle helps or hurts his nascent general election campaign. Some senior GOP strategists, including former White House adviser Karl Rove, fear that the red-hot Democratic contest could make McCain look irrelevant, forcing him out of the daily news reports."Mr. McCain becomes less interesting to the media. Stories about him move off page one and grow smaller. TV coverage becomes spotty and short," Rove wrote in an opinion article published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal.But top McCain advisers think it is a gift, and the push to raise money — verging on desperate after Obama's $55 million haul in February — has already been unleashed."We have to raise money," said Charles Black, a top political adviser to McCain. "Probably the biggest advantage that this time gives us is that, while they are spending their money on each other, we can go out and raise money and put it in the bank" John McCain is 50/50 over this fight between Obama and Clinton. Yes, he is relaxing and enjoying the othere two fighting each other. But, you know the saying,"Good press and bad press= Good press". Obama and Clinton or getting all the eyes for now, and, they are getting battle harden. Do you think McCain will be able to capitalise on this? Will Obama or Clinton be able to have any fight left in them after this?