Perhaps reacting to the most recent poll numbers, which are looking pretty dismal for him in reaction to John McCain's post convention bounce, Obama went hard after Gov. Palin today while stumping in Flint, MI today. This is what he said:
"Well, how about Gov. Palin? She's you know, an up and comer from Alaska. She - they're starting to run an ad now saying she opposed the bridge to nowhere. Well now, let's get the facts clear here. When she was mayor, she hired a Washington lobbyist to get earmarks - pork barrel spending - all the things that John McCain says is bad, she lobbied to get! And got a whole lot of it. When it came to the bridge to nowhere, she was for it until everybody started raising a fuss about it and she started running for governor and then suddenly she was against it!
You remember that? For it before you were against it? I mean you can't just make stuff up. You can't just recreate yourself. You can't just reinvent yourself. The American people aren't stupid."
Pretty harsh words, especially for Obama, who seems to be inserting a lot more passion into his daily attacks on the Republican ticket. Another thing to take away from this: generally the top of the ticket candidate doesn't go after the other candidate's VP, a sign that the Obama campaign does realize how much it really needs to dim Palin's star in order to stay off defense, and stay on message.
Especially since Palin has shown no hesitation in going after Obama just as harshly on the campaign trail herself.
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