Posted by
beltway girl on Sunday, July 27, 2008 1:33:21 AM
According to the pundits on the McLaughlin Group. Obama's World Tour was flawless. And if you had a chance to watch his Berlin speech, it was sold out, with what appeared to be record crowds in attendance to hear Senator Obama demanding that the walls finally come down. He has cited Reagan before; one has to wonder if Obama truly isn't actually the Democrats' answer to Reagan.
If he is, it's to the credit of Obama as an individual that he'd even try. Few politicians are as excorciated by the Democrats as a party than Ronald Reagan.
Therein lies the most valuable charm in what seems to be an endless reservoir of charm where Barack Obama is concerned: he never comes off as a party hack.
This is where Hillary lost it. In her understandable quest to bring her base back to her, she attacked Obama's more moderate approach and his attempts to reach across the aisle, at least in words and symbol. To any good Democrat like Hillary, this must have seemed repuslive.
But the Democratic Party is changing with Obama, and Obama has the power, as a force in his own right, to move his own party to the right.
But would the most liberal senator in existence actually make good on all of this showmanship?
Probably not. A good show for independents is one thing. Actual bipartisanship is quite another. In this watershed moment for our nation, bipartisanship is going to mean everything, though. Obama himself seems to have sensed this, and thus, we're hearing all about Reagan and walls.
But the true hero in the midst of all of this is John McCain. John McCain, ignored by the left-wing media as Obama goes flying off to the world. McCain, the war hero, maligned by liberals like Wesley Clark. And McCain, the politician, who has truly reached across the aisle in more than words, and who has made a sincere effort to bring the warring factions in his own country together.
Obama is a citizen of the world. Well, we all are. The problem is, though, that liberals especially need to be citizens of the world in order to try to conceal and excuse their own vicious behavior towards those in their own country who happen to disagree with them. To true liberals, the ideal of real bipartisanship is a terrifying threat to their World Citizenship.
It shouldn't be so. More than ever, in our America of polarized politics, we need a strong and sincere hand to bring us together.
It's pretty obvious in this election that Obama is the more sensational, attractive, and appealing candidate.
It's also pretty obvious that McCain is the one with the most experience when it comes to what's actually involved in healing this nation.
Like Hillary, McCain has the nuts and bolts. Unlike Hillary, he has the rabidly anti-Republican media.
Since America hates the media more than just about anything else one could think of , this election may play out in an odd way. After witnessing the Obama media droolfest, things may move forward in an unpredictable manner.
McCain needs to take Romney as his vice president. Romney will deliver critical Michigan's 17 electoral votes, will soothe the conservative base, and can reassure Americans that Republicans are serious about helping our economy. McCain also needs to quickly steal the spotlight from Obama, and make his limited media time count in a big way. This means talking about things beyond electric cars when you're in Michigan.
Finally, McCain needs to call attention to the media bias that has become so clear that it is embarrassing.
We need some muckrakers now. And they need a mirror.