In what I think got little media attention, Sen. Obama became not only the the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, he also told the rest of the party to close down the 527s. MoveOn decided to respond. Obama is working closely with the DNC to make sure that this campaign is not going to be bullied like Kerry or Gore. The piece that I believe is being missed is Obama taking control of the Democratic Party, and the party responding.
Do we see McCain doing the same? The short answer is no. The longer, more qualified answer is McCain has decided to lead by not leading. McCain is taking a very safe position- by no trying to lead his party, Sen. John McCain does not risk looking weak if he tells the Tennessee GOP not to run ads against Michelle Obama, and they do it anyway. He doesn't look weak if he tells the North Carolina GOP not to run smear ads against Barack Obama and they do it anyway. Mostly, by not taking control, McCain frees up the seediest parts of the the Party and their surrogates (Limbaugh and etc) to tee off on Obama and not have to worry about having to be held accountable for their lies and smears.
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