Fox News Major Garrett On Obama's Slip Up

MAJOR GARRETT: Hanford site is the most contaminated nuclear waste site in the United States.

It was part of the Manhattan Project -- it's been in Washington for the better part of 60 years. And, for anyone traveling throughout Washington state, it is a pretty big issue if you're a national candidate.

The way the Obama campaign describes this is this is a disarming element of Barack Obama's popularity. Unlike most politicians, if he's not studied up on an issue, he'll admit that up front and promise to study up on it and get an answer back. And they found that many voters found that not only genuine but disarming.

The other side of this coin though is this -- Republicans immediately pounced on this as a sign of Barack Obama's inexperience as a national candidate. Saying -- how could you not know anything about the Hanford nuclear waste site? It's the best known, most contaminated one in the United States. It's one the Department of Energy is spending almost $2 billion a year to clean up. Those clean-up dates are going to be missed. There's a huge negotiation in the state of Washington about how to extend those deadlines. It's a big issue there. How could you not know anything about it?

So while the Obama campaign says it is genuine and disarming, Republicans fire back -- it's inexperience. And that's going to be one of the core divides in this general election campaign. Barack Obama's genuineness, his likability, his willingness to talk straight with voters vs. Republicans saying he may be able to do all those things but if he's not experienced enough, how reliable a President is he actually going to be?




Small issues, small incident in this town hall in Pendleton, Oregon, but it's going to be something that will be playing out in the campaign throughout.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Hanford
• Obama
• News
• Major
• Garrett
• Fox

[istofe21]

theres no such thing as an honest polititian

[SOAPBOXSAMBO]

Have you noticed that Obama has gotten blacker as time goes on??

[aaron4801]

How the fuck can audio be like 7 seconds off? the fuck.

[radroofer]

LOL What does this video and Obummer have in common? Very poor quality

[rmccay88]

@istofe21

Yeah there is, his name is Ron Paul

[DesertEMT]

@0:27 A very big issue for people in Oregon? Maybe it's something that you should know about... you know, before you report to the world about it.

[kyledeb]

@jbBuckn It's one thing to have an opinion. Why do you make up lies? Where do you get this 70% number? We have enough to worry about and disagree about without people making things up.

[yosoydame]

@wattyofthewattykins CNN news exclusive: "Fox news is evil! Republicans will eat the nuclear waste to become power super monsters that try to rule the world. While you're denying that they're going to make new wars, they'll form an American Union and give all your assets to big corporations"

"Vote republican to get rid of the nuclear waste" ;)

[bslow22]

@jbBuckn The Koran is interpreted as is any other religious book. Chill out.

[darrellmellissa]

Watty, I think your on to something.

[sl0wm0]

pretty much. well except for the baby eating part

[hollaMissouri]

good call.