Several reliable sources tell me, riffing off the Jonathan Martin piece, that the Obama camp is “mad as hell” at John McCain for stealing his thunder.
As Martin reports:
Tonight would be political malpractice,” Obama communications chief Dan Pfeiffer told Politico. “It’s one more piece of evidence that the McCain campaign is a war room masquerading as a presidential campaign.”
I’m told the Democrats, recognizing that their convention has been rather bland, are already agitated that the media has gone into “storm watch” mode on the eve of Obama’s speech and they are likewise exceedingly upset that so many reporters are covering the McCain veep pick today.
“We had a week of this s* last week on who Obama would pick. It’s our turn. Sucks for them it happens to be this week. The storm will distract from both,” one source tells me.
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
More whining
RJD (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 5:21PM EST (link)McCain has done nothing so far. Hasn’t announced anything. The Obama Camp just has to be mad at something – victims all the time.
Too bad...so sad
SteveLA (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 5:22PM EST (link)All’s fair in love, war and politics.
Too bad, so sad.
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Competency over ideological purity and litmus tests
What does a liberal do, other than play the victim?
Vegas_Rick (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 5:25PM EST (link)n/t
“God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.”- Billy Currington
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
RNC convention always follows the DNC
kyle8 (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 5:26PM EST (link)And we always get a bigger bump. You think they would learn, but no, they never learned yet that more taxes = less prosperity so they won’t learn this lesson either.
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
If they are gonna leak it, need to do it now.
GOPUGA Thursday, August 28th at 5:29PM EST (link)After the speech, all the media except Fox will be fawning and won’t mention anything about a running mate. Plus it would be fun seeing the DEMS cry about it tonight.
Go Dawgs, Sic em’ Woof Woof
Obama camp:
Brian Simpson (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 5:38PM EST (link)| My RedState archive |
Important principles may and must be inflexible. ~ Abraham Lincoln
We wouldn't want to do anything political
tvjohn2 Thursday, August 28th at 5:40PM EST (link)We wouldn’t want to do anything political in a political campaign, would we.
Will Big Brobama Stand Before His Obamenon and Whine?
Strelnikov (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 5:40PM EST (link)It will be interesting to hear if the speech ignores McCain and tries Big Brobama’s original “positive message” of “hope” tonight.
That would let the media say that The New Neo – The Second One is back on target and ready to sweep house in November!
I suspect we will hear a list of the usual petty and doubleplusunpretty talking points for all the little pressure groups in the DenDemCon’s cooker.
But the former is still possible: if so, then McCain might need to re-think some things as well.
As of November 4, 2008, the Code Words will be: “Klaatu – Borada – Nikto!”
As we say....
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Sux to be the Dems.
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
In addition....
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 5:58PM EST (link)‘mad as hell’ will translate to ‘rash response’, which will lead to ‘stupid implosive tactics’, which will lead to President McCain.
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
Someone give Schmidt a Medal
Section9 Thursday, August 28th at 6:09PM EST (link)I’m serious.
This is the best bit of streetfighting I’ve ever seen from an otherwise incompetent McCain Campaign. The other side has more money, more Nuremburg rallies, and neater Cult of Personality, and way more loaves and fishes. Plus, the news media loves their guy.
Steve is playing Matt Drudge like a Stradivarius.
Here’s how it will go down. The leaks will be noncommittal and won’t come down until after Bambi finishes his speech. Then, Schmidt will leak the name to step all over Barak’s afterglow.
Genius, pure genius.
As to the Obama Campaign? To hell with them.
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it”-Winston Churchill
I love it
Ronald Daniels (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 6:11PM EST (link)Everything and their mother are possibly showing up in Dayton.
Cry to mamma, crybaby
Neil Stevens (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 6:15PM EST (link)What a wimp. He’d probably be left in literal tears if he ever had to deal with any foreign leaders, if he can’t even take this like a man.
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“I rejoice that America has resisted.” – William Pitt, the Elder
I'm all for stepping on BO's afterglow...
CSUFBomb (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 6:16PM EST (link)…I just hope it’s someone more exciting than Mitt or Pawlenty.
Eric Cantor would be a strong reform partner, excite the conservative base, and create more “who is Eric Cantor” media buzz than Mitt & Pawlenty combined.
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“We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged.” – Colonel Henry Knox
Mac broke into their OODA Loop
Guerc Thursday, August 28th at 6:19PM EST (link)Someone over there knows how to apply military tactics. Brilliant.
Steve Schmidt is brilliant. I gotta say, I was very worried at the start of the campaign. They have handled it masterfully so far.
Now let’s get a VP with fire in his belly…
Britney Obama's Mile High Concert...
CSUFBomb (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 6:21PM EST (link)…upstaged by an old legend who doesn’t lip sync and makes BO’s resume look like Kevin Federline.
Sorry, Britney O, but it’s called competition. Not that I’d expect a big government shill to understand.
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“We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged.” – Colonel Henry Knox
What a Wuss! Obama = Carter
Spartan4Life (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 6:24PM EST (link)Man, they are a bunch of girlie-men aren’t they? Do we really want these fruits leading us in a dangerous world?
He may be mad as hell at whatever McCain did but
phred (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 6:25PM EST (link)if the “O” did it, it would be brilliant and I bet he would be giggling his a$$ off. The MSMs loss of interest in 3 WHOLE DAYS on one story is due to another shiny piece of tin foil to lure them off from covering the 2nd coming.
McCain’s non-announcement and leaks that he may make a non-announcement is brilliant, especially on this night, after he congratulated Obama on the historic significance of his speech on this day.
Liberalism: Equally shared misery.
Whaaa..
William_L Thursday, August 28th at 6:36PM EST (link)crybaby.. suck it up.. it’ll be a tough 4 years with that attitude..
Good news for America, bad news for democrats
Bad news for America, good news for democrats
Cantor. Great Guy, but....
Section9 Thursday, August 28th at 6:39PM EST (link)Nobody knows who he is, however. The problem is that McCain can’t spend half of September rolling out a relatively unknown Congressman.
Listening to some Hideously Bad Music while the Nuremberg Rally is going on. This Leni Riefenstahl Special deserves to be stepped on.
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it”-Winston Churchill
Colonel Boyd is God.
Section9 Thursday, August 28th at 6:40PM EST (link)Period.
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it”-Winston Churchill
Trying to balance name recognition...
CSUFBomb (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 6:46PM EST (link)…with uncorrupted reformer is a tough tightrope. Obama damaged his “change” brand by choosing the antithesis as his running mate.
I think McCain’s better off with a guy who’s respected within the base and unknown outside of the base than someone who already has positives and negatives that are largely immutable.
Can’t wait for Joan Baez and Barney singing a duet of “I love you, you love me.”
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“We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged.” – Colonel Henry Knox
Not quite, Kyle.
ConservaGeek (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 7:16PM EST (link)The “out” party (that is, the party that does not occupy the White House) always goes first. During the Clinton years the GOP went first.
Richard Carlson as Geoff Montgomery: It’s worse than horrible because a zombie has no will of his own. You see them sometimes walking around blindly with dead eyes, following orders, not knowing what they do, not caring.
**Bob Hope as Larry Lawrence: You mean like Democrats?**
*”The Ghost Breakers,”* 1940.
McCain hasn't HAD to do anything
scottbomb (Diary) Thursday, August 28th at 9:44PM EST (link)Obama and his own party write the script for McCain’s commercials. All Johnny Mac has to do is repeat them to the electorate. Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, Hillary!, heck even his own VP pick recently commented on how Barry’s not ready to lead. It’s too easy!
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