Let “That One” Handle McCain’s Comment

I do not know why those words were spoken by Senator John McCain last night. It could be simply that John McCain does not agree with Senator Obama on the issues or it could be as Wolf Blitzer commented that McCain has a clear disdain for Obama. It was a poor choice of words and once again the questions this morning are not about the issues that matter to the American people, but rather, if McCain’s words were racially motivated (in or out of context).

For the record, I think John McCain is an honorable man and above the bottom feeding level of politics. However, a press release from his campaign ramped up their campaign about “That One” regarding Obama’s voting record and policy initiatives. My question to the McCain campaign is the following: Have you lost all sense of reality? Your policy attacks against Obama are going to be secondary to the innuendo of race that your catch phrase is prompting in the media. If you are hoping to agitate Obama into giving you an opening to reclaim lost ground by whining, and therefore playing the race card to his advantage, DREAM ON…after all, Obama survived the Clinton machine for over a year. Obama was calm last night when McCain introduced the comment and he will remain that way.

That being said, the surrogates and the Obama campaign should follow the example of their candidate and leave the issue alone. Let the television pundits and the bloggers hash this one out. Barack Obama made the right call by ignoring the comment…it would be wise for his supporters to do the same thing.