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As written, the quote that the Republican strategy was "not about the issues" was misleading.  It is evident that Obama has been winning while talking about issues in only the most general terms.  In other words he's been winning under the general idea of 'trust me - and I'll make it right'.  It was the Democratic side that made the election about the candidates over the issues, and I'm not saying that's necessarily wrong, but rather it was a strategy that almost certainly would have led to them entering the White House until McCain decided to fight it.  McCain did try to make it about issues, such as offshore drilling, and was closing the gap in the polls until Obama then made some general statements that he would consider offshore drilling as part of a larger picture without discussing what he meant - and then McCain lost his poll numbers.  They realized that Obama would win without needing to say specifics on any issues unless they could first challenge him as a candidate and make the questions who can really bring about change and who can you trust more?  And, at least in the short term, that is the strategy that has brought about results for them and is forcing the Democrats to reconsider their own strategy and how to counter it. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 10:45, 9 September 2008 (EDT)

As written, the quote that the Republican strategy was "not about the issues" was misleading.  It is evident that Obama has been winning while talking about issues in only the most general terms.  In other words he's been winning under the general idea of 'trust me - and I'll make it right'.  It was the Democratic side that made the election about the candidates over the issues, and I'm not saying that's necessarily wrong, but rather it was a strategy that almost certainly would have led to them entering the White House until McCain decided to fight it.  McCain did try to make it about issues, such as offshore drilling, and was closing the gap in the polls until Obama then made some general statements that he would consider offshore drilling as part of a larger picture without discussing what he meant - and then McCain lost his poll numbers.  They realized that Obama would win without needing to say specifics on any issues unless they could first challenge him as a candidate and make the questions who can really bring about change and who can you trust more?  And, at least in the short term, that is the strategy that has brought about results for them and is forcing the Democrats to reconsider their own strategy and how to counter it. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 10:45, 9 September 2008 (EDT)