The Edwards campaign knows well the asset it has in Elizabeth Edwards, who’s more of a First Mom to America than Fred Thompson’s or Rudy Giuliani’s — or Hillary Clinton’s — mates. Today, they put out a video with her talking intimately, quietly at the camera — no crowds, no music. She just talks to us. And tries to make us feel guilty. Like a mom. She tells us we can’t wait to make a difference, join the campaign, change the world, all that. “The truth is, we don’t have all the time in the world.” Of course, those words have a different resonance coming from someone who is fighting incurable cancer.
Archive for September, 2007
As John Edwards sought union endorsements at the Change to Win labor coalition meeting in Chicago, Elizabeth Edwards hung out with UAW workers walking a picket line at a General Motors metal fabrication plant in Wyoming, Michigan
Senator Barack Obama has a big rally scheduled for Thursday in NYC. Here’s a clip from his campaign in the style of a movie trailer promoting the event. It’s supposed to be funny and irreverent and appeal to college kids.
A recent Gallup Poll (September 7-8) asked voters “Would it worry you more that Bill Clinton would not have a large enough role in Hillary Clinton’s administration, or would have too large a role?” 22% are worried about too large a role for Bill; 10% are worried about too little a role and 66% aren’t worried at all.
Senator Barack Obama mixes social networking with fundraising in his latest appeal for money. You send in a check, then you get a message from another donor — with whom you presumably talk about Barack and change and hope.
Sound Bite: “No matter how much you choose to give, you’ll get a note from someone whose passion for change has led them to make the same commitment you did.”
It’s sad to watch the depths to which some politicians will descend. But if you’re hustling for votes (and flogging a book), a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do. And for Joe Biden that means appearing on The View where he endures questions like “What is going to keep you from getting caught with your pants down around your ankles?” He gets to hear Elisabeth Hasselbeck refer to him as a “civil servant for a long time.” (Is there anything more annnoying than Hasselbeck’s baby-doll voice? Actually, there is. Listening to Joy Behar for any length of time could make your head explode à la Scanners.) Viewer Discretion advised.
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asks Senator Hillary Clinton about MoveOn.org’s “General Betray Us” ad. The smooth-talking Senator manages to respond without actually mentioning MoveOn.
Sound Bite: “This debate should not be about an ad. This debate should be about the President’s failed policies.”
Senator Obama has a new ad running in New Hampshire. Entitled “Believe,” it’s a distillation of his theme that he’s a different kind of politician. Of course, there’s no evidence to support that, but if you say something often enough, perhaps voters will “believe.”
Sound Bite: “I approved this message to ask you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington. I’m asking you to believe in yours.”
Senator Hillary Clinton made the talk show rounds on Sunday morning and Anne E. Kornblut of The Washington Post says she sure talked and talked a lot but didn’t say much.
Her trip through the Sunday gantlet was designed to solidify the impression that Clinton is strong, indomitable and all but inevitable as the Democratic nominee and next president.”
And that’s exactly the message her latest campaign videos send. Here she flicks away Tim Russert’s question about some Democrats saying she is “too polarizing . . . too divisive.”
Sound Bite: “I’m very pleased that people are really making up their own minds about me and not being swayed by what second- or third-hand somebody said to them.”
Russert cites her past positions on Iraq and asks about her current stance on funding the war:
Sound Bite: “I understand that we’re going to have a vote shortly about funding and I will vote against it because I think that It’s the only way that we can demonstrate clearly that we have to change direction.”
Appearing on a radio talk show, Mad Mike Gravel has some advice for a listener who gave money to the Edwards campaign but says he likes Gravel better: “Put your money where your mouth and your intellect and your moral views are.”
Nothing like thousands of screaming supporters creating gridlock in the nation’s largest city to generate excitement and coverage for a campaign. Looks like Barack Obama wants to pump up the volume when he holds a campaign rally on September 27th in NYC.
Sound Bite: “There are moments to be a part of history, to be a part of the change we all want for our country and now is that time.”
The National Rifle Association is holding a candidates forum in Washington, DC today. Mitt Romney couldn’t make it, so he sent this video instead.
Sound Bite: “As President, I’ll honor the right of decent, law-abiding citizens to own and use firearms in defense of their families and property and for all other lawful purposes, including the common defense.”
Senator McCain was there and had a few words for the protestors who interrupted his speech.
Sound Bite: “Well, my friends, we beat you yesterday, we beat you the day before . . . we’ll beat you tomorrow. We won’t choose to lose. We won’t choose to lose this conflict.”
John McCain talks with bloggers on his bus while calling Jon Stewart and tucking into some barbecued wings:
I just assume that most of the Ronbots — Ron Paul’s army/cult — are sweaty guys with greasy hair and thick glasses and flannel shirts (in July) and annoying ticks.
Oh, how wrong can I be?
Here’s a Ronbot taking off her clothes for her man:
Doughy white guy in bad tie who can’t even wear a hat well raps for Romney. Click if you dare . . .
