Is McCain Stealing Obama’s Message?
06 September 2008
Barack Obama basically won his party’s nomination by campaigning on the broad themes of hope and change. At first he was a long shot candidate, but his promise beat out Hillary Clinton’s reliance on experience.
While McCain has also promoted his experience thus far, he’s beginning to rely more on his “maverick” image to appeal to conservative Democrats and independents. During his convention speech Thursday night, he embraced the call for change, sounding more like an eager novice than a 26-year Washington veteran. It’s change fever, and Obama, feeling as though his platform is being encroached upon, had none of it today at a town hall meeting in Terre Haute, Indiana.
“Everywhere I go we’ve been talking about change - that’s been the theme of this campaign. And we must be on to something, because I notice now everyone’s talking about change now,” he observed to about a thousand Hoosiers gathered in a show barn to hear the Democratic nominee.
“John McCain has said that change is coming! That’s what he says. Now think about this coming from the party that’s been in charge for eight years — they’ve been running the show! Been up in the White House. John McCain brags, ‘90% of the time I have voted with George Bush. He and I we we’re right there!’” Obama said. “And suddenly he’s the change agent?” he asked rhetorically.
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