Of all the surrogates on TV Barbara Boxer and James Carville were the only ones that helped Obama. Gibbs and Kaine were o.k.
However, we know the media is really itching to go after McCain's temperament. When Barbara Boxer brought it up, Blitzer really wanted to follow up on it.
Obama needs to go on the offensive and I think this is an issue that won't necessarily win the election but it could knock McCain off message for a while.
Obama needs to focus more on winning news cycles.
Mccain has many quotes about "more wars", 100 years in Iraq. Even Buchanan says McCain means war with Iran use this quote from Thad Cochranhttp://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/27/famed_mccain_temper_is_tamed/
Cochran said his choice was prompted partly by his fear of how McCain might behave in the Oval Office. "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Cochran said about McCain by phone. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me." McCain's run-ins with other Republican senators are legendary. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa said in an interview that he was so upset by a McCain tirade that he didn't speak to him for two years. Grassley, who said he will make no endorsement, nonetheless says McCain is the most qualified among the five GOP candidates to be president.
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