Obama Counters Clinton's Negative Ad
(CBS)
WAUSAU, WIS. -- With three days left until the Wisconsin primary, Barack Obama continues to campaign through out the state with stops in Wausau, Eau Claire, and Milwaukee today. In the last 24 hours, Obama has stepped up his rhetoric against Hillary Clinton, calling her criticisms of him silly and dismissing her claims that he won’t debate her.
“She's got an ad running right now saying, 'well, Barack Obama won't debate.' We've had 18 debates! 18 debates. I’ve got two more scheduled next week!,” Obama told a crowd in Green Bay last night.
“But that's what happens when you’ve been in Washington a long time, your attitude becomes, ‘I'll just say whatever might work to win an election’.”
Obama's campaign released a new ad to counter the Clinton ad in Wisconsin.
"After 18 debates, with two more coming, Hillary says Barack Obama is ducking debates? It's the same old politics," an announcer says in the ad.
Both Obama and Clinton will be in Milwaukee this evening, where they are scheduled to speak at the Founders Day Gala. The two candidates have not appeared in the same city since the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Richmond, Virginia last Saturday.
While Clinton has spent most of her time in Texas and Ohio, Obama has been focusing on Wisconsin. Most of his campaign stops have been at Wisconsin colleges and universities, where he continues to court young voters. Obama is aware of his appeal with young voters and recognizes their effect on his campaign.
“I can't tell you how many parents tell me that they changed their minds because their daughter or their son talked to them,” Obama said yesterday in Milwaukee.
Obama is also going after the blue-collar vote, a demographic that he generally has not preformed well with. He visited a General Motors plant in Janesville earlier this week and hosted a roundtable meeting at Northcentral Technical College in Wausau this morning. Obama spoke to students and faculty about the importance of workers acquiring skills and training to compete in the economy.
Does anyone really think conservatives will agree to garnish wages or tax penalties? I seriously doubt it.
Hillary%u2019s plan will be labeled %u201Csocialized medicine%u201D and we will find ourselves fighting the same old battles of the 90%u2019s.
What we need is a pragmatic approach to solving the problem of health care.
The problems facing our country are too serious%u2026We need to turn the page on the divisive politics of the past and move forward.
It would be a mistake to not to recognize the urgency of now%u2026What we need is Barack Obama%u2019s pragmatic form of progressive politics.
SENATOR OBAMA THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOUR STRENGTH AND ABILITY. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE YOU ARE AHEAD ON DELEGATES AND BACK UP BY THE MEDIA.
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID FOR? UNLESS YOU ARE HINDING SOMETHING THAT YOU DON%u2019T WANT VOTERS TO NOTICE YOUR WEAK POINT. DEBATE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ELECTION PROCESS SO THE VOTERS WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW THE CAPABILITY OF THE CANDIDATES THEY ARE ELECTING.
DON%u2019T SAY: %u201CITS AN OLD POLITICS%u201D.
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February 17, 2008 7:54 PM PST
- Government fingerpointing is at all time high - see recent Telecom Immunity debates. Hillary is good at this game though not as good as Bill.
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See all 18 CommentsOn the war in Iraq, its not her vote that is the most concerning. It is her refusal to admit that it was a mistake even now.
On campaign contributions, its not that she accepts more lobbyist money than the other candidates combined, it is that she tries to paint everyone with the same broad brush.
On Healthcare, she is proposing Universal Health Coverage but calling it Universal Health Care. Even her own experts say that it will leave millions uncovered.
McCain is known for rejecting the politics of his own party to say what he means but his policies are from GW.
A non-credible person with the policies we like VS. a credible one with policies we hate?