Obama Disturbed by McCain Ads

Barack Obama's campaign is getting a little rattled by the latest round of John McCain ads, including the one I posted here a few days ago, and the "Celebrity" ad that came out shortly before.

Over the next few months you'll see more ads that attack the substance of Obama from the McCain camp, and that's what Obama fears, and why they scream so hard everytime a new ad comes out. He's got a voting record that's ripe for ads attacking his no votes, and his present votes when he wanted to skirt a tough issue.

The other part that the Obama folks don't like is that the substance of the ads can be backed up. They can call them negative, but the fact is they are all based on the his stated positions. Obama's called for higher taxes, and until he flip-flopped on offshore drilling this week, wanted that kept off limits.

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Scared to Debate

Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Robert Byrd are so scared of the idea of a debate on offshore drilling on the US Continental Shelf that they've decided to just not allow any debate on it.

Pelosi is going to refuse to bring it up in the House, and Byrd; with Reids consent; has decided to cancel committee meetings for fear that a drilling amendment might get attached to an appropriations bill.

Why the fear? Because gas prices have reached the tipping point, where people are now wanting to put their pocketbooks ahead of the (overblown, my thought) evironmental concerns about such drilling. The general public supports the idea now that they've been hit with $4.00 per gallon gasoline for their SUV and minivan. The money folks behind the Democratic party don't support it, and in politics we know when the choice is $$ or the people, well follow the money.

There are enough "Blue dog Democrats" and oil state Democrats in congress, that when combined with the GOP would pretty well assure passage of an off shore drilling bill. That would be a stunning defeat for the Pelosi/Reid/Obama end of the party, which can't handle the idea of a loss to Republicans on any issue much less a core belief issue of the environmental end of the party. So to avoid the defeat, they'll just dodge the issue.

Hopefully, come November, the folks who are being ignored (you and I) remember this episode show the folks who've decided we don't even need a debate where the door is.

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