Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Three weeks to go...

After attending the debate in Long Island, Michelle Obama will travel to Pittsburgh on Thursday and participate in the "change we need" rally. Surprisingly, Obama also spent time today in Indiana, not a swing state but a crucial state nonetheless, and addressed a crowd of more than 2,000 in Fort Wayne. At the rally, Obama referenced the hardships of working class Americans, the forgotten "American Dream" and the tumult of the economy. Needless to say, Obama has been relentless over the past month on the campaign trail.

The dominant news story regarding Cindy McCain the past few days is "Cindy McCain asked and got phone coverage," in which "Verizon delivered a portable tower free of charge to the ranch property after an online request from Cindy McCain's staff."

Needless to say the McCain camp is outraged at the article and mentioned that the McCains went through the same process as everyone else to get coverage at their Arizona ranch. In recent visits, Cindy McCain visited the Montgomery County Community College Tuesday morning in Pennsylvania for a Women's Town Hall Meeting. The big rally this week for Cindy McCain is in the swing state of Virginia where she will join Sen. McCain for a rally in Prince William, VA on Saturday.

Must-See Potential First Lady Moment of the Week: They say that art is the most representative form of the human being and the sculpture of Michelle Obama still hanging in Manhattan's Kesting Gallery, offers what gallery director Kesting says is a look into the "fundamentally proud(ness) of our country's diversity." There have been a few protests over the piece, citing claims of racism but the sculpture will remain in gallery space until the election. No official word yet on the rumors of a Bristol Palin portrait bust mentioned in the article.



Michelle Obama bust



The Bust of Nefertiti



3 comments:

Big Shulman said...

Michelle Obama's appearance in Indiana is quite notable. It demonstrates the Obama strategy right now, which seems to be to take it directly to the red states and to stay on the offensive territory-wise. Every trip the Obamas make to Indiana or West Virginia just means more resources that the McCains need to take out of other states to defend their turf. When was the last time a Democrat ever was on the offensive like this? Probably not since Clinton in '92, and he had help from Reform Party candidate Ross Perot.

Kara said...

I find the current Obama strategy to be fascinating as well. It's incredible how Obama has been able to overcome so many seemingly insurmountable barriers and rise to the offensive position he is in now. I think the organization and efficacy of the Obama Campaign says a lot about a future Obama Administration and the direction our country needs to go in.

ThaCEO said...

I wonder if the whole Verizon team came to McCain's house. I am very impressed with Verizon wireless. When they say they dont want dead zones they mean it. Cindy McCain told them she could not get reception and Verizon couldnt stand for that. Imagine if they had Cingular. They may cover in random cities like they say on the commercials but would they have responded as well in the line of fire? i dont think so

McCain: Good judgement on cell phone choices, good judgement in office

Sadly, that makes more sense than his current ads