Claiborne on McCain: ABC 10/27/08

Ron Claiborne on John McCain
"ABC World News"6:37pm
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TOPICS: McCain Campaign

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RON CLAIBORNE: John McCain was fighting today on two fronts. Attacking Barack Obama as a tax raiser, while distancing himself from President Bush.

JOHN MCCAIN (on video): This is the fundamental difference between Senator Obama and me, the fundamental difference, we both disagree with President Bush on economic policy, the difference is, that he thinks taxes have been too low and I think that spending has been too high.

CLAIBORNE: In Dayton,Ohio McCain blasted Obama for, he said, having once advocated the redistribution of wealth.

MCCAIN: In a radio interview that was revealed today he said that quote, one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement is that it didn't bring about a redistribution of wealth in our society.

CLAIBORNE: The Obama Campaign called it a "False, desperate attack" Here's what Obama told a Chicago radio station in 2001-

BARACK OBAMA (radio clip) One of the, I think tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court focused, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change.

CLAIBORNE: This is McCain's 5th trip this month to Pennsylvania, a state that has gone democratic since 1988, but narrowly in the last two presidential elections, and many registered democrats and independents are social conservatives .

MICHAEL BERKMAN: There's no early voting, so it's not like any votes are already locked in for Barack Obama and Barack Obama did not run well here against Hillary Clinton, so I think that probably gives the McCain camp some hope.

CLAIBORNE: And McCain will make his final argument this week, the theme, his aides say, will be leadership and experience. The question is, Charlie, will enough voters be listening and persuaded to turn this race around?

LABEL: RC JM ABC 10-27-08 18.37 (LAD#61)U

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