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@Tara

Submitted August 20, 2008 - 11:07 am by Rhoda (not verified)

Tara,

I'm not Al but I don't see why you should feel glum. If McCain were up by five points in September; then I could understand the need to break the emergency glass. But right now, it's the reality that the McCain campaign has found and extremly effective peg against Sen. Obama with the celebrity meme and blatantly distorting the facts.

The Obama campaign by contrast hasn't really pushed the Bush Third Term meme or put money behind it: they're starting to change that.

IMO the VP and Conventions are the kickstart. The debates are what is going to really decide this election; and after that it is completely a ground game.

From all the polls I'm seeing: Sen. Obama needs to (1) rally the base and (2) remind everyone how horrific George Bush is and tie McCain to Bush. I feel like the convention is tailor made to pick up the numbers and start a steady buzz for Sen. Obama.

My only real worry: the way McCainw ill bracket the Democratic convention and the RNC is going to be holding marquee events to try to draw away convention coverage. I haven't seen the democrats release similar plans for the Republican convention; I hope they do.

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