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From NBC/NJ's Athena JonesObama chief strategist David Axelrod met the press today while traveling with the candidate in New Hampshire. Here are some highlights of the Q&amp;amp;A. Q: On 1982 ad and why advertise re computer literacy, emailing..Axelrod</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394108</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:17:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394108</guid><dc:creator>Ms. Peggy</dc:creator><description>While The Axe is out there trying his Chicago brand of politics on the nation (it won't work Dave, in the real world, Republicans win once in a while), McCain is busy keeping an eye on the situation in Texas.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here's hoping Obama does well on tonights SNL. I hope he has better writers then those that write his cmapaign speeches. It's really hard to make an unfunny man funny. Kind of like putting lipstick on a pig.</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394112</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:19:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394112</guid><dc:creator>Leni,Michigan</dc:creator><description>Come on David, I'm a Obama/Biden supporter,but that ad sucked. The press asked legit questions(did I &amp;nbsp;just say ahoo.cothat). We would like to see some of our money spent on more hard hitting,issue driven ads. Thank you very much.</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394115</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:20:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394115</guid><dc:creator>Save a seal - Club a liberal</dc:creator><description>FR: on Sarah Palin's foreign policy/ Iraq and bridge answers etc and whether the American people should be concerned about her nomination .&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sarah Palin has as much foreign policy experience as, . . . Barry Obama! The only difference is, Palin in in the number 2 slot, Barry is in the number 1 slot.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394118</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:21:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394118</guid><dc:creator>Jim Allen, Charlotte, NC</dc:creator><description>Please...to suggest Obama isn't playing &amp;quot;fast and loose with the facts&amp;quot; and McCain is totally Nuts! Spent anytime looking into Obama's proposed tax policy for small businesses yet? He keeps saying he isn't going to raise taxes...please, give me a break!&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394130</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:26:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394130</guid><dc:creator>Super Duper Man</dc:creator><description>The repubs are out in force today. One can feel the animosity... &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jay, The Batcave (Sent Saturday, September 13, 2008 6:35 PM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;---------------&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We've got the day off being its the weekend and all that. Don't worry, on Monday we go back to our jobs and you and your unemployed friends will have the place back to yourselves.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394136</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:29:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394136</guid><dc:creator>CPO,USN(Ret) Dayton OH</dc:creator><description>My retired father is 74 years old and 'lives' on the computer. Whether it's managing his stock portfolio, paying his bills, or reading the WSJ online, he has kept up with technology! By the way, he doesn't use the fact that his fingers are disfigured (past fractures) as an excuse! He admits... &amp;quot;I don't want a President/Vice President who's like me, I want a President whose intelligence and abilities far exceed mine.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;He is embarassed to admit that he voted for Bush in '04 and will be voting for Obama/Biden this year! Enough is enough!</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394139</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:30:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394139</guid><dc:creator>Ireland</dc:creator><description>US President can't send e-mail... What a World leader!</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394145</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:32:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394145</guid><dc:creator>Obama / Biden  08</dc:creator><description>I wish Obama would tell mccain straight to his face 'Stop telling lies about me' at the debates! &amp;nbsp;You can be respectful and stand up for yourself. &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;It is time for Obama and Biden to say to the criticisms - I do not agree and I feel this way. &amp;nbsp;Period.&lt;br&gt;It is time to be affirmative in decisions and not explanative. &amp;nbsp;Explanations on stances is over. &amp;nbsp;Time to take a stand.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I stand with the Obama campaign for the hope of restoring and healing our America</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394151</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:33:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394151</guid><dc:creator>Hammer meets nail</dc:creator><description>He hit the nail on the head. &amp;nbsp;McPOW has always looked at were we have come from and has never paid any attention to where we are going. &amp;nbsp;Its clear that he has no idea where we need to go.</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394153</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:34:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394153</guid><dc:creator>Murgatroyd, Umpqua, Oregon</dc:creator><description>McCain has the willingness to sell us a bill of goods (Palin) with deceit and lies. He's right there with George W Bush.</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394165</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:38:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394165</guid><dc:creator>Steve, New York, NY</dc:creator><description>geez, someone spellcheck this</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394174</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:40:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394174</guid><dc:creator>Economic recession+mccain= Severe Depression</dc:creator><description>Senator Obama should call mccain out and challenge him to start telling the truth! &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;mccain acted like a nervous rat at the forum having to come face to face with Obama. &amp;nbsp;Mccain knows he's conducting a dishonorable, disgusting, vile, negative campaign against Senator Obama.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;mccain has nothing new to offer America except more of the same which will only make the economy so much worse. &amp;nbsp;Our economy can not tolerate another republican presidency without going into a deep depression.</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394175</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:40:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394175</guid><dc:creator>Economic recession+mccain= Severe Depression</dc:creator><description>Senator Obama should call mccain out and challenge him to start telling the truth! &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;mccain acted like a nervous rat at the forum having to come face to face with Obama. &amp;nbsp;Mccain knows he's conducting a dishonorable, disgusting, vile, negative campaign against Senator Obama.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;mccain has nothing new to offer America except more of the same which will only make the economy so much worse. &amp;nbsp;Our economy can not tolerate another republican presidency without going into a deep depression.</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394177</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:40:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394177</guid><dc:creator>Obama / Biden  08</dc:creator><description>I wish Obama would tell mccain straight to his face 'Stop telling lies about me' at the debates! &amp;nbsp;You can be respectful and stand up for yourself. &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;It is time for Obama and Biden to say to the criticisms - I do not agree and I feel this way. &amp;nbsp;Period.&lt;br&gt;It is time to be affirmative in decisions and not explanative. &amp;nbsp;Explanations on stances is over. &amp;nbsp;Time to take a stand.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I stand with the Obama campaign for the hope of restoring and healing our America</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394179</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:41:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394179</guid><dc:creator>Beverly in Chicago</dc:creator><description>How can the “Duel Personality” McCain and the “lipstick pit-bull” be trusted when they are both liars and hypocrites blaring change and reform? What is the ear-piercing “lipstick pit-bull’s reform-- less ear marks, less firings, abortion for rape victims, and protection for animals? And unquestionably vague, visibly out- of- touch “Duel Personality’s,” what change does he offer? &amp;nbsp; I doubt if it’ll be a higher minimum wage; &amp;nbsp; not privatizing Social Security and Medicare, &amp;nbsp;benefits for veterans, diplomacy in Foreign Policy, more earmarks, gay marriage, stop PURGING VOTERS LIST, &amp;nbsp;public education, changing tax cuts, an economic stimulus, not repealing Roe v. Wade, no lobbyist in Washington, more unions? &amp;nbsp;I think not. &lt;br&gt;It’s about time the media started fighting the smears; media information sets the tone and is what low information voter’s go after.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The odd couple with two things in common; they’re both liars and hypocrites! &amp;nbsp;One is detached and the other is welled connected.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With Mccain/Palin, The Worst Is Yet To Come. &lt;br&gt;Enough&lt;br&gt;Enough glossing over!&lt;br&gt;No way!&lt;br&gt; No how!&lt;br&gt; No McCain/Palin! &lt;br&gt;Nobody but Obama/Biden&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394181</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:42:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394181</guid><dc:creator>Audrey</dc:creator><description>I am glad to hear David sounding so positive, but I must advise him that they need to find more issues, like women's issues where McCain does not vote for equal rights for us _ put that in an Ad. Leave Palin &amp;nbsp;to the Press, focus on McCain. When McCain comes out with a nasty ad, hid back hard and swift do not let them have one moment to bask in the 'joy' of being nasty. McCain said that this is politics and it is a tough business. That's what he said on The View. Obama does not have to change his stance on not telling lies about McCain, just every time McCain comes out with some thing, counter with the same ad demonstrating the truth. Don't let them get away with anything.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I hope that Obama will shine in the debate without seeming to be 'cocky'. He should just be cool, no hesitating with his answers.</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394184</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:43:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394184</guid><dc:creator>David Sanford, Concord, CA</dc:creator><description>Mr. Axelrod only got it half right. &amp;nbsp;In my view, the overarching message of the email ad is that John McCain's non-existent computer literacy demonstrates a glaring lack of flexibility. &amp;nbsp;He's not willing to change and cannot muster the curiosity to try. &amp;nbsp;This is not just an age thing because George W. Bush clearly suffers from the same bullheadedly incurious ailment. &amp;nbsp;One of the impressive attributes that attracted me to the candidacy and campaign of Barack Obama is his demonstrated willingness and ability to learn. &amp;nbsp;He was a professor, but he's been attending and learning from a different kind of university during this long and grueling campaign. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You can govern without being willing to learn, but you will be a more effective and engaged president if you can grow and react to the dynamics of American society and international events. Senator Obama can do it but I have grave doubts that Senator McCain is capable of it. &amp;nbsp;So the email ad is way more effective than I think the media or even Mr. Axelrod realize. </description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394190</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:45:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394190</guid><dc:creator>WOW</dc:creator><description>&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwTKM_u-7j4"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwTKM_u-7j4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Check this out</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394202</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394202</guid><dc:creator>Smart Voter</dc:creator><description>John McCain is sitting on the back of the truck and looking at the bridge to nowhere!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-R5Vh5tOWk"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-R5Vh5tOWk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One American who thinks she deserve's better than this.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Axelrod meets the press</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394069.aspx#1394206</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:50:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1394206</guid><dc:creator>judy ovilla tx</dc:creator><description>OMG!!! The STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS &amp;nbsp;wheels came all the way off the bus and now the campaign is in an old '82 truck!!!I SAY WHOA, YOU COUNTERFEIT MAVERICKS!!!</description></item></channel></rss>