Let the gaffes begin.  It will be fun to watch these two nitwits.  The ObaBiden Gaffe-O-Rama  begins.

During the introduction of his new running mate Obama said, “So let me introduce to you the next president – the next vice president of the US of America, Joe Biden.”

And then when it was Biden’s turn to speak, the Delaware senator called the presumptive Democratic nominee “Barack America” instead of Barack Obama.

“My friends, I don’t have to tell you, this election year the choice is clear. One man stands ready to deliver change we desperately need. A man I’m proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next president of the United States, Barack America,” Biden proudly proclaimed

To be continued…

t/b: Michelle Malkin

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Glow Fading?
McCain’s ahead if Newsweek calls it a draw. Newsweeks’ polls always lean heavily toward the Democrats.

A month after emerging victorious from the bruising Democratic nominating contest, some of Barack Obama’s glow may be fading. In the latest NEWSWEEK Poll, the Illinois senator leads Republican nominee John McCain by just 3 percentage points, 44 percent to 41 percent. The statistical dead heat is a marked change from last month’s NEWSWEEK Poll, where Obama led McCain by 15 points, 51 percent to 36 percent.

The liberal MSM can’t hide Obama’s decline in the polls. Arrogance won’t help Obama.

Meanwhile the Rasmussen Daily tracking Poll for July 13th finds the race dead even at 46%.

For the second straight day, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows that the race for the White House is tied. Sunday’s numbers show Barack Obama and John McCain each attracting 43% of the vote. When “leaners” are included, the two candidates are tied at 46%. For most of the past month-and-a-half, Obama has led McCain by approximately five percentage points. It will take a few more days to determine whether this recent tightening of the race reflects real change or is merely statistical noise. (see recent daily results). Tracking Polls are released at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time each day

t/b: Hot Air

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Obama and his white grandparents

Obama in his “Historical Race Speech threw ‘Grandma Under The Train”

Barack Obama, to help save his standing in the black community, described his “White Grandmother” as a racist.

… my relationship with Reverend Wright. As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. He strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children. Not once in my conversations with him have I heard him talk about any ethnic group in derogatory terms, or treat whites with whom he interacted with anything but courtesy and respect. He contains within him the contradictions – the good and the bad – of the community that he has served diligently for so many years.

I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother – a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.

These people are a part of me. And they are a part of America, this country that I love.

His grandmother is the one who raised Barack. Talk about an ungrateful grandchild….

The Messiah has cracks in his halo.

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t/b: Hot Air, Michelle Malkin

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Ex-president Bill Clinton appeared on Charlie Rose to explain the problems Mrs. Bill Clinton is experiencing in the Iowa Caucuses. He will be surprised if she wins the caucuses. Hmmm, Hillary is expressing just the opposite. Will the lamps start flying in the Clinton household again?

Hillary Clinton is flying by the seat of her pantsuit. She will forsake her broomstick and fly in the Hill-A-Copter. She will do a 5 day flyover of the 99 Iowa counties in a desperate move to up her favorables and get more votes to win the caucuses.

From the Clinton Campaign website:

The Clinton campaign today announced the “Every County Counts Tour – Working For Change, Working For You,” a five-day, 99-county campaign blitz through Iowa that will start on Sunday, December 16th in Council Bluffs. During the tour, Hillary and her surrogates will mobilize and organize supporters across Iowa, while reaching out to undecided caucus-goers. Hillary Clinton, herself, will campaign in 16 counties in the state in a chopper, called the Hill-A-Copter. Top campaign surrogates, including President Bill Clinton and others, will fan across the state to rally Hillary’s caucus-goers.

“As I have traveled throughout the state, it has been wonderful to see the energy and enthusiasm that people have for this campaign and our shared vision of how we can change America,” said Hillary Clinton. “In the final days before the Iowa Caucuses, I want to tap into that spirit so that every voice is head on caucus night for universal health care, a stronger economy and an end to the war in Iraq.”

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From the DesMoinesRegister.com:

Hillary Clinton will hop into a chopper dubbed “the Hill-A-Copter” as part of a five-day, 99-county blitz through Iowa on Sunday, according to her campaign.

She intends to visit 16 counties herself, starting in Pottawattamie, Harrison and Plymouth counties on Sunday.

Her husband, former president Bill Clinton, and other top-name supporters will fan out across the other 83 counties, trying to persuade undecided caucus-goers to root for Hillary Clinton, a Democratic U.S. senator from New York.

On Monday, Clinton will hit some of the state’s most populous counties: Polk, Scott and Johnson.

After that, the cities she will visit are: Burlington, Centerville, Clarion, Donnellson, Elkader, Grundy Center, Independence, Osage, Ottumwa, and Tipton.

 

Obama fires back at the Clintons as Bubba misfires:

…Perhaps most telling is the way Obama treats his foremost rival for the Democratic nomination. His references to Clinton are implied — “We can’t poll-test every position we take because we’re worried about what Mitt or Rudy [Giuliani] or our opponents might say about us” — or so dismissive as to be almost patronizing.

In a middle school gym in Oelwein on Friday night, Obama cracked wise about an attack from the Clinton camp that cited a kindergarten essay –”I Want to Become President” — as a sign of his overweening ambition.

“Let me tell you, when I was in kindergarten I didn’t write essays,” Obama said, drawing laughs from the crowd of about 350 people. “I was smart. I could write my name, ‘Barack.’ I could write ‘mom.’ I wasn’t writing essays.”

Winding up a news conference Saturday, Obama was asked how he planned to top Clinton’s intention to skitter across Iowa today by helicopter. He paused. Smiled broadly. “Magic carpet,” he replied.

This whole imbroglio is too delicious. It will be fun to watch the Democrats implode. The Dems are giving the Republicans an early Christmas present.

t/b:Don Surber, Michelle Malkin, Hot Air

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Hillary isn’t the obvious winner anymore. It seems that the Oprah effect has changed the dynamics in the Democrat party’s nominating process. The Clintons and the campaign operatives are none too happy.

Poll: Clinton Loses Lead, Romney Out In Front

A new poll shows that while the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president holds a comfortable lead in New Hampshire, the Democratic race has tightened dramatically.

According to the latest WMUR/CNN poll, Hillary Clinton’s 20-point lead has vanished. She now has 31 percent support, with Barack Obama in a statistical tie at 30 percent. John Edwards is third with 16 percent, and Bill Richardson has slipped slightly to 7 percent.

The poll was conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center over the weekend. Oprah Winfrey held a rally for Obama on Sunday, and it might have given him a bounce, analysts said.

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