Gil Santos Commentary 2/28/2008

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[0:42]..." difficult decisions to mimic I think most cities and towns in the commonwealth. Have tough decisions to make at the moment. Now are you contemplating hiring freeze or perhaps a freeze on wages or wage increases. "...

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[0:52]..." problems. By 28%. They favored Obama and this is largely out of John McCain's control them. The enormous. Bad news in the economy plus. The plunge in George Bush's numbers he's unfavorable rating is 73%. The highest in history. That's an awfully heavyweight for John McCain to be carrying on his back in this campaign. And it. Foreign policy is still where John McCain would like to to keep the ball right now but it would seem that Obama is making inroads in that area as well. He has because there's just a general. I think growing. Comfort level. -- if Barack Obama. He has not answered all the questions. That Hillary Clinton raised in the primaries there are still a lot of Americans were uneasy with Barack Obama. And rightly so he's a newcomer to the scene he's very his Reza may even his supporters have to admit his very thin. But commonly asked. Who is the riskier. Candidates. For many months. Americans said that Barack Obama was the riskier choice. Today they actually say that McCain is the riskier choice so Obama over the last few months has. Eased some of the concerns and relieve some of the anxieties. That some Americans have particularly Democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton in the primary. They're coming around steadily to Obama's so he's done a pretty good job. In convincing those people and at "...

[0:07]..." the most important thing is a shift in the issue landscape. When John McCain started this campaign in September of 2007. 36% of Americans said Iraq was the most important issue and only 12% said the "...

[3:21]..." worked according to our polls in fact people are starting to blame John McCain for being too negative they don't like that tone of the campaign. An and McCain just is caught in a bind because them. If this issue is fought on the economy he's almost certain to lose but as he tries to undermine. Confidence in Obama. He's accused of being negative and Alitalia over the last weekend when some of the most vicious and vitriolic. Sentiment started spewing out from out some of his supporters to rallies kill him and calling Obama traitor. John McCain's credit I think he tried to to stem some of that tied -- Viciousness and he took the microphone back from one woman who. Said that Obama was an Arab and he said no he's a decent person need to honorable person you should not be frightened of him as president. I've known John McCain along -- he is not a hater. And look this is a man who led the reconciliation. With Vietnam in the country "...