Obama takes off the gloves (or at least one)
Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 08:57PM Since her electriying speech at the Republican convention, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have struggled with how to deal with Sarah Palin.
Not wanting to come off as a bully, especially on the heals of his bruising primary with Hillary, Obama has mostly given Palin a free pass while on the campaign trail, even though she continues throwing sharp barbs at both Democrats.
Today he took of the gloves -- or atleast one glove -- while on the hustings in Colorado. “I know the governor of Alaska has been, you know, saying she is change, and that is great. She is a skillful politician. But when you [have] been taking all these earmarks when it is convenient and then suddenly you are the champion anti-earmark person. That is not change, come on. I mean, words mean something. You can’t just make stuff up. You can’t just make stuff up. We have a choice to make and the choice is clear.”
It's a smart -- and safe -- tact for Obama; it's confined to a relatively narrow issue -- earmark spending -- and attempts to portray her as just an ordinary politician, and not the crusading reformer she claims to be. It'll be interesting to see if (and how) they step-up the criticism of Palin in the days to come. Will Obama bring up her thin resume? Will they challenge her on energy policy and drilling in ANWR? Her pro-life position?
There's little doubt that Palin will ratchet up her digs against team Obama -- she's proven that she's more than capable of playing the pit bull. It'll be fascinating to see how they respond.
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