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Statement from Obama spokesman Bill Burton:
Tonight, John McCain said that his party was elected to change Washington, but that they let Washington change them. He's right. He admonished the 'old, do-nothing crowd' in Washington, but ignored the fact that he's been part of that crowd for twenty-six years, opposing solutions on health care, energy, and education. He talked about bipartisanship, but didn't mention that he's been a Bush partisan 90% of the time, that he's run a Karl Rove campaign, and that he wants to continue this President's disastrous economic and foreign policies for another four years. With John McCain, it's more of the same.
That's not the change Americans need. Barack Obama has taken on the special interests and the lobbyists in Illinois and in Washington, and he's won. As President, he'll cut taxes for 95% of all working families, provide affordable health care to every American, end the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas, and eliminate the oil we import from the Middle East in ten years.
-- Evie Stone
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John McCain is better known for his ease with the give-and-take of town hall style meetings than for giving barn-burning speeches. He was true to form tonight -- there was no barn-burning at the Xcel Center, certainly not in comparison to Sarah Palin's crowd-combusting performance the night before. (Though, in fairness, his wife's low-key introduction didn't energize the room nearly as well as Rudy Giuliani's pre-Palin red meat buffet.) The crowd rose to the occasion of the applause lines, but the electricity in the hall did not compare to what it was Wednesday.
Early in the speech, McCain nodded to the Presidents Bush (41 and 43) though he seemed to go out of his way not to mention their names. The Obama campaign has endeavored to link McCain to the Bush administration, but McCain has tried to keep his distance so he can maintain his mavericky rep.
I'm grateful to the President for leading us in those dark days following the worst attack on American soil in our history, and keeping us safe from another attack many thought was inevitable; and to the First Lady, Laura Bush, a model of grace and kindness in public and in private. And I'm grateful to the 41st President and his bride of 63 years, and for their outstanding example of honorable service to our country.
If McCain resisted mentioning the name of the person he was hoping to succeed, that wasn't the case with his running-mate. He drew a huge cheer from the crowd when he mentioned Sarah Palin. Her speech last night gave her rockstar status in this crowd, perhaps even overshadowing the guy at the top of the ticket with her popularity in the hall.
She knows where she comes from and she knows who she works for. She stands up for what's right, and she doesn't let anyone tell her to sit down. I'm very proud to have introduced our next Vice President to the country. But I can't wait until I introduce her to Washington. And let me offer an advance warning to the old, big spending, do nothing, me first, country second Washington crowd: change is coming.
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