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...John McCain stood atop an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and proclaimed that he had the key to solving America's energy woes, slashing the price of gas, and unfettering U.S. foreign policy from its addiction to foreign oil. Drill. Drill here. And drill now. "Americans across our country are hurting because of the cost of energy," said McCain in a speech on the Chevron-owned rig. "It's time for America to get serious about energy independence, and that means we need to start drilling offshore at advanced oil rigs like this...
...over the last several weeks, I think what we've been getting from John McCain has been nonstop attacks against me and my character, which have distracted people from the issues. What I want to do is make sure that people understand is [that] here are the choices: that you've got a candidate who is presenting policies that are identical to what George Bush has been doing for the last eight years, [and] you've got somebody who intends to fundamentally change those policies so that they work for the average American family. And if people understand what those...
...want to try to focus this election on me. What I want to do is focus this election on the American people and who can actually deliver for them. There's nothing new about this approach that they are taking. This is the same approach that they took against John Kerry and Al Gore and tried to take against Clinton. And so, as I said, what I think makes the difference this time is people understand this is a big election. We can't afford to keep on doing the same things we've been doing - the same policies...
...know, Karen, I give full credit to the Karl Rove acolytes who are working for John McCain, and one of their general strategies is to try to turn strengths into weaknesses. The enthusiasm and involvement at the grass roots that we've seen in my campaign, I consider a strength. That's one of the reasons we are able to compete in 18 [battleground] states. But those crowds and those rallies, those people have not come out because of my speechmaking...
...worries within his party about whether he is up to what promises to be a brutal general election campaign. "Everywhere I go, people have told me, 'Oh, I'm getting nervous. The Republicans - they're so mean. What are we going to do?' " Obama said. "They did it to John Kerry. They did it to Gore. They tried to do it to Clinton; they did it to Dukakis. That's what they do. That's their politics. They don't know how to govern, but they know how to run a negative campaign. But I'm here to tell...