Obama Says He's Better Candidate Against McCain
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- On the day before the Super Tuesday primaries, Barack Obama argued that he is the better candidate to run against John McCain.
"When I am debating John McCain, he won't be able to say, 'well, you supported the war too,' because I didn't. He won't be able to say that 'you went along with the Bush-Cheney doctrine of not talking to your enemies,' because I don't. He won't be able to say that 'you've given the benefit of the doubt to George Bush on Iran,' because I haven't," Obama said.
"If I am running against John McCain, I want to be making the argument for the future, not for the past. I want to move forward not backwards."
Obama was introduced by actor Robert De Niro and Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., at an event held in New Jersey's Meadowlands arena. De Niro, who said he has never made a political speech, praised Obama's message for change.
"I am here because finally one person has inspired me, one person has given me hope, one person has made me believe that we can make a change," De Niro said.
Obama congratulated the New York Giants fans in the crowd, and said that he has been commisserating with Kennedy, whose New England Patriots were upset in last night's Super Bowl. Obama never said which team he was rooting for, but he acknowledged to the crowd that his team, the Chicago Bears, didn't make it to the playoffs this season.
"Sometimes the underdog pulls it out," Obama said, "You can't always believe the pundits and the prognosticators."