Obama Says If He Wins Florida, He Wins the White House
(CBS)
(MIAMI) - Barack Obama will be campaigning in Florida for the second day in a row today, making up for lost time during the Democratic primary, when the Democrats agreed not to campaign here after the state moved it's primary to January, in violation of party rules.
At a fundraiser here last night, Obama’s pitch to donors included a prediction – if he wins Florida, he will win the election.
“I’ll tell you, we can win this thing without Florida, but boy, it’s a lot easier if we win Florida,” Obama said, adding, “If we win Florida, it is almost impossible for John McCain to win.”
While speaking at the home of supporters, Irene and Chris Korge, Obama also had sharp criticism for both George Bush and John McCain’s response to this week’s financial crisis. Obama accused Bush of being absent, saying that there has been a “vacuum” of leadership from the White House. “Here we have the greatest crisis probably since 9/11 and our president was absent.”
He went on to link McCain to the Bush Administration, charging him with having to borrow ideas from Bush and Karl Rove because he doesn’t have his own.
This morning, Obama will deliver the weekly Democratic radio address, where he will focus on the economy. He heads to Daytona Beach for a women’s rally and will wrap up the day in Jacksonville.
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See all 54 CommentsHe is a constitutional expert, the likes of which we haven''t had in the Whitehouse since the _Founding of our Nation_.
Times are seriously messed up thanks to the crumbling financial sector, the continuing war in Iraq, and huge deficit--all compliments of the failed Neo-Con leadership we''ve had in the last decade. We ABSOLUTELY need Obama in the Whitehouse come Jan 20 2009. The alternative is a complete disaster.
He is a constitutional expert, the likes of which we haven''t had in the Whitehouse since the _Founding of our Nation_.
Times are seriously messed up thanks to the crumbling financial sector, the continuing war in Iraq, and huge deficit--all compliments of the Neo-Con leadership we''ve had in the last 8 years. We ABSOLUTELY need Obama in the Whitehouse come Jan 20 2009. The alternative is a complete disaster.
Your headline obstucts the truth, evidently to attract readers eyes. Obama did not say if win Florida, we win the election, he was only mentioning that it would be a lot more difficult for McCain. This headline suggests Obama as over-confident, but his quote suggests a more accurate reading of his character.
Bad form, CBS News. Stay straight-forward and quit stretching things out to try to gain readers. I think respect as a news organization should be more important.
Coke snorting, drunk driving army deserter and war criminal.
And the Republicrooks think he''s great.
A Elitist Military Father
A Divorced Wife
A Gambling Addiction
His Temper
Lowest 1% class ranking in school.
A War Criminal - "Bombed innocent women and children" by his own admission during a 1997 "60 Minutes" episode.
Crashed Three Planes - Do you want him to crash America also?
"Doesn''t understand the economy" by his own admission. Thinks the economy has sound fundamentals.
Flip-Flopper
And you are looking at the issues this guy is presenting???
What about his character???
His judgement. His past actions.
My God you conservatives are so blind to all of this.
If he was my daughters husband I would seriously be worried for my daughter. I wouldn''''t let my kids hang with someone like him.
Gambler, civilian murderer, divorcee.
You want this kind of guy in charge of our country? You should all be ashamed. You want to gamble away our country on a maverick with a temper who will bomb innocent civilians.
This is not someone I want my kids to look up to. If his name was Cain, as it is, but he was olive skinned, would you still be voting for him???
I don''t think so.
Wake up people and smell the manure.
It''''s not the issues, it''''s the man. He''s lost his marbles, will say anything to be president, and is a reckless maverick who does whatever other people tell him to do. Including bombing innocent civilians.
McCain is not the man to be president.
This has become a joke.
This mess was purposely engineered by Republicrooks including John McLiar. Bush said "deficits don''t matter" and McLiar agreed. His chief economic advisor said our economic problems are imaginary and that we''re a nation of whiners.
They said "government is the problem" and now they cry for big government to rescue the millionaire CEOs on Wall Street and do nothing for the rest of us on Main Street.
Voting Republicrook is a mental disorder. Anyone who does it needs a checkup from the neck up.
1. First of all, he''s not really talking about giving money to the poor. He''s talking about not spending countless billions on a war in a country where we don''t belong. And he''s going to use *that* money to give tax cuts to the middle class.
2. Obama has an 80% approval rating around the world world. McCain does not, and has something like a 45% approval rating. If the US is going to continue to lead world affairs, we need to get somebody like Obama in charge and restore the American name brand. Otherwise, India, China, Russia, and the EU are going to cut America out of the loop eventually.
3. He''s not a conservative white-male, and he grew up being a minority. He understands civil rights and minority concerns. You wouldn''t understand this because of white male privilege. I recommend traveling outside of the US someday and learning about the rest of the world someday, by the way.
4. Educational system isn''t really one of his major campaign points, but at least he listens to evidence and science, and not some book written by desert tribal nomads 2000 years ago.
5. He''s never claimed he''s going to give health care to eveyrone. He''s said he''s going to make it affordable to everyone.
Read his economic plan and education yourself:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/
3) Race relations: People have symbolic power. He himself has never claimed that his presence alone will rebuild race relations (find me a quote of him saying so if I''m wrong) But there are those who think it might help with perceived inequality. Or not. It isn''t really a platform issue anyway.
4) You can read all about his educational plan on the website. Take a few minutes.
5) You obviously haven''t read his health plan. Take a few minutes and do that too. Educate yourself.
All the questions you have about Obama''s plans, all the details, can be found on his website. Read it and get the facts for yourself.
1) Where has he said he will give free money to the poor? Are you talking about welfare? Neither candidate is talking about *cutting* welfare, so clearly both are still interested in having it exist (though the republicans are generally more supportive of corporate welfare, which is somehow more palatable to neocons). If you are talking about the tax burden...personally, I''m ok with the poor and the middle class having their taxes lowered. That''s just me.
2)Every situation with every leader will be different. Is your definition of "leading" throwing our weight around militarily? The US''s reputation abroad (which directly impacts trade, lending, cooperation on international projects, etc.) has been decimated. Saying that one will meet with world leaders and see that we can work with them is a good thing. Remember Nixon meeting with the Chinese...? That was a *good* thing.
While they stay home in confidence, GO OUT AND VOTE!
Let''s make our current lead in the polls even larger!
and no butterfly ballots! Ever hear of a numbered list?
For those of you all gun how about taxing the hell out of businesses, have you heard the expression %u201C(blank) rolls down hill?%u201D If your employer has less money to run the business, what happens? Lost jobs and higher prices%u2026if this doesn%u2019t bother you%u2026maybe you want to go back the all those big handouts while sitting at home%u2026.So much for the land of opportunity. The dream of small business (the majority of employers) becomes a nightmare. Small businesses are generally S-corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietors; they pay personal taxes on the business earnings. Does the # over $250,000 ring a bell?
(1) He will give free money to the poor. Except.. we don''t HAVE any money to give away! And Congress has to APPROVE it anyway. They won''t.
(2) He will negotiate around the world and make the US so much more respected. How? By giving in to world leaders? We LEAD, we do not follow.
(3) He will help race relations. HOW?
(4) He will rebuild America''s educational system. HOW?
(5) He will give health care to everyone. What about those of us who don''t want gov''t health?
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