Obama's biggest mistake IMO: not emphasizing wealth disparity enough ...

yes, I know he has mentioned it, but if I were running Obama's campaign, I would make sure that every last Pennsylvania steelworker and Ohio truck driver had seen 15 ads emphasizing how the disparity between billionaires and working folk has grown during the Bush years, as a result of his tax cuts on the wealthy. When you get right down to it, that is likely the biggest change that Obama will be able to bring about.

I'm personally skeptical about whether Universal Health Care will really pass Congress, but I'm confident that Obama would raise taxes on billionaires while McCain would not. Once working class people truly understand it, they will have to know that they are giving money to billionaires out of their own pocket by voting for McCain. I don't think they will do that.

So I would make this and the imminent demise of Roe v. Wade the cornerstones of my campaign. Those are real issues that effect real peoples' lives- it's much more specific than talk of "change."

And the Moose is so ordinary that she has screwed up kids and an out of control life.

how the Bush tax policies have transferred money from the middle class to the wealthy.

I'm not sure about that.

So she fits right in with John Sidney McCain III and his $520 loafers.
She's a true borrow and spend Republican. She cuts taxes and leaves the government in debt, too.

She'll get paid down the line for all the pro-drilling publicity she's getting for the Alaska pipeline projects.

If we get off of it, what happens to her state?

about wealth disparities. But it doesn't. She's Super-rich in training. Giving oil companies great PR on their pipelines, so when she loses this VP run, she'll still be rewarded for that.

A title such as "Obama should emphasize wealth disparity more".....would have have been more constructive, IMO.

if he's not running ads on the subject, then I think that's a mistake. He's not infallible.

without sounding so damning.

... like about how huge disparity of wealth creates higher instances of heart dis-ease and cancer. I shit you
not. An ex-journalist named James Lardner now spends all his time promoting awareness of these findings...

..this information has been "out there" for awhile, but no one has taken & run with it big-time.

Hello Sen. Obama!!

here's a link to his website if yur interested:
http://www.demos.org/inequality/

I think the mistake you are making is assuming this is people's biggest concerns. People are losing their jobs, homes, education, heath care... they have bigger worries than the wealth disparity. People right now just want a freakin' job and a roof over their heads. I think Obama is talking to the points he needs to. He hasn't gotten this far by making "mistakes." He's reaching voters with what they really care about.

with the middle class worker being the frog. The Bush tax cuts bleed the working class dry so that the billionaires can get another yacht.

The actual numbers should be put in front of voters in the form of ads so that they can realize what has happened under Bush and how Obama will fix it.

And explain how that works out for the voters. It still comes down to people needing the ability to pay their bills.

I agree it's an important point and I myself am aware of the disparity and it bothers me that the middle-class is shrinking but I'm guessing the extensive polling that the Obama camp has done shows this isn't on the list of the most important issue on voters' minds.

There's a really great documentary out there (can't think of the name yet) that shows how a campaign is run by the folks who run campaigns. The election is taking place in South America somewhere. They poll and poll and poll and have extensive focus groups after each ad is created. There isn't much they don't know about when it comes to what people care about most. If they aren't talking about this, then it isn't polling high (or at all).

"Obama will raise all your taxes." The Obama campaign needs to call them on this lie.

can't opening discuss things because there a dozens of people ready to immediately pounce.

But - you are so right -- I looked at the polls - that is a huge position for Obama - people thinking
that McCain favors the rich. Yikes - it's like -- Hello.