Reply #35: Yes, it was. He was not ready for the swift boaters [View All]

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at least, not as he should have been. He did not know how to handle the question of abortion: putting his hand on his heart and saying that he, personally, opposed abortion, but... put him in a bad light, IMO.

He was not ready for what role to assign Teresa, or even how to best use his military service. The air surfing, the clean room visit, the "hunter" image. All sent a message of, yes, elitism, to your average voter. At least, Obama is now ready with the story of his mom and his upbringing.

As much as many here are upset at the way "Democrats treating other Democrats" - all these would have come out from the Republicans, so at least both are now really vetted.