The Difference

[Pressing-On]

Top Seven Reasons Why Barack Obama is a Weaker Candidate Than People Think
John Hawkins
Friday, May 30, 2008

(excerpt)

• Howard Dean 2.0
  Some of his greatest hits include:
  
  "You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
  
  "You know, the truth is that right after 9/11, I had a (flag) pin. Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we're talking about the Iraq war, that became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security, I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest..."
  
  "Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go."
  
  
• Obama's Entourage
• He's Not Qualified To Be President
• The Demographics Disaster
• From The Post-Racial Candidate To Al Sharpton 2.0
• Northern Liberals Lose
• Alien Vs. Predator: The Democratic Edition

Conclusion: It's impossible to say at this early date who would win a McCain vs. Obama match-up in November, but what we can say with certainty is that even though this is shaping up to be a bad year for the GOP, Obama is very beatable.

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