Obama's target is the swing votes and he is very determined. Obama started with a morning rally in Henderson, Nevada and later went to Pueblo, Colorado and Springfield Missouri. Dick Cheney says that he will be voting for John McCain. Obama attacked Cheney for supporting McCain by endorsing him where he complimented McCain for receiving the endorsement. He also states that the endorsement didn’t come easy and he deserves it. According to Obama, “He knows that with John McCain, you get a twofer: George Bush's economic policy and Dick Cheney's foreign policy. But that's a risk we cannot afford to take." In other words, Obama says that McCain will have both qualities of both Bush and Cheney, whose policies and plans didn’t help America. So he is saying that McCain have qualities from two people who haven’t exactly steered America in the right path. In Nevada, Obama spoke about his tax plan defending it against "socialist" claims. Clinton joined Obama in Beckley, West Virginia where he supported and defended Obama's economic plans.
Biden says that he hopes that McCain end his campaign on a positive note because McCain is constantly attacking Obama. He feels that McCain is being personally vicious. Biden is holding events in Bowling Green, Ohio and Marion, Ohio. However, Palin went to Central Florida where she focused on financial concerns where many people are over the age of sixty five. Palin also shifted her focus to attacking Obama.
The election is so close and both McCain and Obama needs to step their game up because it now or never. At this point, attacking any candidate wouldn’t do much justice because it’s the time that should be taken to prove how worthy each candidate are. The toughest job for the candidates right now is to persuade the swing states to vote for them. I think that Obama took a better approach than Palin with his attacks at McCain. I think Palin was too harsh and Obama was more direct so it wouldn’t affect his image. But Palin on the other hand can impact voters by coming across too strong at her opponent.
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I think that this is an intriguing post. I think that Obama's attack on McCain and Cheney was well thought out and well executed. I also think that Cheney's endorsment is going to be detrimental to McCain. I feel this endorsment will be detrimental to McCain, because in a way, it undoes all of the work that McCain has done to try and distance himself from the Bush campaign and Dick Cheney. It will be really interesting to see how this will all play out on Tuesday.
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