Returning Fire, Obama Emphasizes Contrasts

By: Maria Gavrilovic
Topics: Barack Obama

(CBS)

From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

DALLAS -- Barack Obama reacted to comments made by Hillary Clinton today, arguing that there is a stark contrast between what the two candidates have to offer.

"Today Senator Clinton told us that there is a choice in this race, and I couldn't agree with her more, but contrary to what she's been saying, its not a choice between speeches and solutions, it's a choice between a politics that offers more of the same divisions and distractions that didn't work in South Carolina, and didn't work in Wisconsin, and will not work in Texas," Obama said.

On a conference call with reporters, campaign manager David Plouffe said he was anticipating negative advertisements by the Clinton campaign in both Texas and Ohio.

"If her speech last night and this morning is any indication, they will run a negative campaign," Plouffe said.

"There were even reports this morning that there could be a 527 kicking up to the tune of $10 million dollars to run against Obama in Ohio and Texas."

In fact, a group called the American Leadership Project is beginning to run TV ads there, which begin with an announcer saying, "If speeches could create jobs, we wouldn't be facing a recession."

Obama also defended himself against John McCain's claims that he doesn't have the experience needed to be president.

"His policies are not the policies of change and that's the choice in this election. It's time to move beyond the politics of yesterday because we are the party of tomorrow. we are going forward. That's the change I intend to bring as president. Change that matters in the lives of ordinary people"

Obama campaign foreign policy adviser Susan Rice refuted McCain's claims that Obama doesn't have experience to be president. She argued that Obama has judgment and claimed that he actually has more experience than most former presidents.

"In this period, he has already acquired more so called traditional foreign policy experience than most of our last presidents including Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush."

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by sjbj2322 February 21, 2008 2:40 AM EST: Well godley darlin....if America has grown by leaps and bounds over the last 10 years, why do we need so much of this change that Obama speaks of. Your comment makes absolutely no sense given your endorsement of the change agent.; Reply to this comment


by godley711 February 21, 2008 12:45 AM EST: Senator Obama is winning more votes in traditionally ''Red'' states than all 3-Rebublican candidates combined (i.e, VA, AL, KS, CO). In some cases Obama has won more votes than both Sen-Clinton and Sen-McCain combined. With this in mind, Senator McCain couldn''t possibly win the general election, this holds true even if he gains a good portion of Clinton''s voters.

So you Clinton-Democrats that would vote for McCain in the general election will loose twice. Do the math!

America has grown leaps and bounds over the past 10-years, and I cannot remember (within my entire adult life) being more proud of my country than I am now! Only the greatest of nations are capable of producing superstars like Barack Obama, Tiger Woods and Oprah Winfrey.; Reply to this comment


by memekiller February 20, 2008 11:45 PM EST: Obama is the only candidate in the race who would have finished off Al Qaeda when we had them pinned down in Tora Bora, even if they had crossed the border into Pakistan.; Reply to this comment


by elsylee28 February 20, 2008 7:57 PM EST: MUST READ!!! CHECK OUT THE ARTICLES "RIGHT ON DAY ONE?" http://savagepolitics.com/?p=112 AND "BARACK OBAMA''S APOSTASY" http://savagepolitics.com/?p=101

BRILLIANT ANALYSIS!!!!!!!!!!!; Reply to this comment