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...basically intends to stay the course and encourage his supporters to chill out. "People wonder sometimes, 'He seems pretty calm,'" Obama told a star-studded audience at the Streisand fund raiser. "The reason I am calm is, I have confidence in the American people." Yes, McCain recently adopted the mantra of "change" as well, easing away from "experience" after putting Sarah Palin on the ticket, but Obama sees that as proof that the election will be fought on his turf. His campaign will make adjustments--including a sharper focus on women voters, as well as harsher attacks by running mate...
...more skeptical that he has the experience he needs to do the job. Many are more culturally conservative than he is, and they are more likely than their younger sisters to be what Democratic pollster Celinda Lake delicately describes as "racially sensitive." What's more, says Garin, Obama's mantra of change is not so appealing to a group that is already trying to come to grips with all the changes upending their lives. "He's a little too vague for me," says Cathy Hayworth, a Bondurant, Iowa, mother of four who cleans houses for a living. "What exactly...
...they were printed on. First, there's the one about the price of real estate never going down. It got repeated so often that even banks and mortgage lenders who should have known better started to drink their own Kool-Aid and lowered their lending standards. It was a mantra compounded by the hard sell that real estate agents used all over the country: Get in now, because it's going to be more expensive tomorrow. Hope you weren't in Miami or Las Vegas when you heard that...
...others. (The former, for instance, when trying to steer a question about foreign policy toward an answer about oil and energy policy; the latter when talking about, well, oil and energy policy.) She made a point of answering quickly and resolutely even if resorting to boilerplate, as if her mantra for the interview was - as she said twice when asked if she had any doubts about her readiness to be Vice President (or President) - "You can't blink...
...just in case they don't, Obama has become increasingly aggressive in challenging the GOP ticket's efforts to co-opt his mantra of change. "You can't just re-create yourself," the Democratic nominee said Monday. "You can't just reinvent yourself. The American people aren't stupid." But if he is going to win over the Wal-Mart moms, Obama is also going to have to make a stronger case for himself...