I don’t think age will be at all an issue Obama will accent. What will be heavily accented will be stuff like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUBDM16ylvU&eurl=http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/new_moveon_ad_on_bush_and_mcca.php

While here at FA that has been much accord over Obama’s ties to the Rev. Wright and how it will damage his presidential hopes, along with Obama’s remarks about “bitter” small-town Americans this shows the very high negatives McCain gets as he rubs up against Bush.

But according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, the bigger problem appears to be John McCain’s ties to President Bush. In the survey, 43 percent of registered voters say they have major concerns that McCain is too closely aligned with the current administration contrasted with Obama’s 36% too closely aligned with Wright.

The reality of the McBush relationship is manifesting itself here:

President Bush and John McCain will appear together at a fund-raiser in Phoenix Tuesday, the first time in nearly three months that the Republican presidential candidate will be seen beside the man he hopes to succeed.

With Mr. Bush’s popularity at a record low, the McCain campaign has made sure that television footage of the two men together will be minimal. The maneuvering is the latest example of Sen. McCain’s aggressive effort to separate himself from the White House, even as he embraces many of the policies that Mr. Bush has promoted throughout his presidency…

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121185084455621623.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us&apl=y&r=633085

The WSJ didn’t mention this ditty:

A Tuesday fundraiser headlined by President Bush for U.S. Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign is being moved out of the Phoenix Convention Center.

Sources familiar with the situation said the Bush-McCain event was not selling enough tickets to fill the Convention Center space, and that there were concerns about more anti-war protesters showing up outside the venue than attending the fundraiser inside.

Another source said there were concerns about the media covering the event.

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/05/19/daily77.html?jst=b_ln_hl

The central political issue will be defined primarily around associations: McCain and Bush, Obama and Wright; this is the heavy weight weaponry, age, lobbyists, flip-flops, etc. …they are near blanks compared to this; this is the ‘Dukakus Tank Ride’ for McCain and it will last the entire race.

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Lots of Old Soldiers have certainly lived there. When they move in, the uniforms go in the closet and they toss the empty suits.

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“The address of the Old Soldiers Home is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”

Good line. And they don’t accept residents there who have no experience and even less judgement.

Bill Clinton was right about one thing: Obama is a “fairy tale” based on empty rhetoric.

McCain can clean his clock if he’s not afraid to get tough.

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