Obama: A new direction
Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008 9:12 AM by Domenico Montanaro
Obama had an
op-ed in the New York Daily News. "So these are difficult times. But now is not a time for fear or panic. It is a time for resolve and steady leadership. We can and will meet this moment and restore confidence in the American economy -- but it will take a new direction," he writes before taking a swipe at the McCain campaign for trying to make the election about him and not focusing on the economy. He then lays out some of what he's already said. "For months, I've been fighting for a rescue plan for the middle class. My proposal would mean $3.2 billion in economic stimulus for New York - a shot in the arm that would provide every family immediate relief to cope with rising food and gas prices, help state and local governments maintain essential services in the face of budget shortfalls, and save 64,000 jobs in New York alone by rebuilding our crumbling roads, bridges and schools."
The Washington Post compares the 2004 Bush ground game operation with Obama's. "But in scale and ambition, the Obama organization goes beyond even what Rove built. The campaign has used its record-breaking fundraising to open more than 700 offices in more than a dozen battleground states, pay several thousand organizers and manage tens
of thousands more volunteers. In many states, the Democratic candidate is hewing more closely to the Rove organizational model than is rival Sen. John McCain, whose emphasis on ground operations has been less intensive and clinical than that of his Republican predecessor."
Obama picked up 15 newspaper endorsements on Sunday to McCain's two, according to Editor & Publisher. "Backing Obama: In Ohio, The Blade in Toledo and the Dayton Daily News; the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Tennessean of Nashville, the Wisconsin State Journal. the Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times, and in California the Fresno Bee, Sacramento Bee, Contra Costa Times, The Herald of Monterrey, and The Sun of San Bernardino (which had picked Bush over Kerry). Joining the Obama team in battleground states were the Muskegon (Mich.) Chronicle, the Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Express-Times and Springfield (Ohio) News.
"McCain registered two pick ups: The Wheeling News-Register in West Virginia and the Napa Valley Register in California."
