I've noticed in recent stump speeches, Obama has started going

[hedgehog]

after McCain. He is very respectful of his service to this country, and very effective in tying him to Bush, IMO.

[gateley]

1. And very effective in paying homage to his "half century" of service to his

country. Read: OLD!

[rwheeler31]

2. Yes , it works well.

[Trajan]

3. It is important to 'tie' Bush to the entire conservative movement

I have, for years, been discouraged by the fact that our party has NOT capitalized on the obvious shortcomings of the opposition .... The whole conservative philosophy is in question, given the results of their 'leadership' ....

Of course, conservatives would claim that Bush is 'no conservative', because of the deficit spending stuff ... But there is no doubt that conservatives have run the most extensive set of government 'portfolios' since Hoover, and have failed, on the whole, to lift a nation, and have instead driven it into the mud ....

DUers have railed against Bush, but long ago, DU should have spread the blame: to a party, to it's members, and to the whole philosophical underpinning that drives their thinking ....

Republican-Conservative policymaking has been a tragic disaster for our nation ..... Let it ring out from the rooftops ....

[rwheeler31]

4. I hope our candidates will bring in Tom Hartman and many

others who know framing. We must always remember a first can never be a threat.