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What strategy should Obama and Biden use to address Palin?
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... Have you seen one? The Obama team is into rapid response when it comes to McCain, but I haven’t seen nothing on YouTube about Palin to spread virally. Zip. Clearly there is an internal struggle in the campaign about what to do about this, and that doesn’t bode well. Look at this softball snippet from an upcoming 60 Minutes interview with Obama/Biden: ...
Obama, Biden 60 Minutes Interview: Obama Explains Biden Pick, Reacts To Palin (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate, Sen. Barack Obama tells 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft that she is an "up-and-coming public servant." Of his own choice for running mate, the Democratic presidential nominee says Sen. Joseph Biden "can step in and become president."
Obama and Biden sat down with Kroft Friday night in Pittsburgh for an interview to be broadcast on 60 Minutes this Sunday, Aug. 31, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Read the full story here.
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Watch the interview below. ...
Ready to step in
Basil's Blog —
... They say they look forward to comparing Sen. Joseph Biden, the Democrats’ vice-presidential pick, to Gov. Palin. The current talking points are that Biden is ready to step in to the presidency if necessary. ...
Obama beer-averse? 'Come on, man'
The Swamp —
... votes. If I had been tryin' to get votes, I promise you I would have been avoiding a bowling alley. The reason I was there was to campaign. And we had great fun.
"But here's the bottom line: I wouldn't have been elected to the United States Senate out of Illinois, which is 12 percent African American, if I didn't have some broad appeal. So, the mythology that's developed that somehow I can't get those votes is refuted by the very fact that I'm sittin' in this chair."
See the Obama-Biden interview on 60 Minutes.
Joebidenitis
Weekly Standard Blog —
... How long before Obama regrets his choice for veep? Probably not much longer than it takes Biden to interrupt his new boss in this 60 Minutes interview. ...
The Convention
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Dave Barry: And now the eyeballs of the nation turn to this quintessentially Middle American or possibly southern Canadian city, where in the next few days, weather permitting, the Republicans will answer the Democratic Party's call for change by sounding, loud and clear, their own bold campaign theme for 2008: 'What, YOU Never Made a Mistake? (Hat tip: Matthew Continetti) ...
Sarah the Surrogate
democracyarsenal.org —
... Compare this to Joe Biden, who not only spent months presumably getting comfortable with Barack Obama as he was being vetted for the VP position, but also spent countless hours studying Obama's policies when he was running against him! Joe Biden knows Barack Obama and can be his advocate. It's far from clear whether Sarah Palin can do the same. ...
McCain Campaign Plans To Keep Palin Away From The Press
Think Progress —
... ” would get the best seats in the new campaign plane. “You have to earn it,” he said. Davis told MSNBC that Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) “didn’t do a single interview until a week after his nomination,” but the assertion is false. Biden and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) sat for an interview with 60 Minutes “just moments after” Obama left the stage at the Democratic convention. Transcript: SCARBOROUGH: Let me ask you about Sarah Palin and the media. Yesterday Nicholle Wallace suggested that — she was sitting right there and told Jay Carney of Time magazine ‘Sarah Palin doesn’t have to ...
