I think this one may work with some swing voters. I'm just thinking that if I were a moderate who hated Bush but was still somewhat distrustful of big government, if I heard the Republican telling me that the Obama-Reid-Pelosi troika was going to move the country hard to port, it just might make me stop and think for second, and I'd need to hear Obama's counter-argument to it.
So I was pleased to see this Wash Post report via First Read:
The Washington Post notes how Obama isn't mentioning the fact that his party could be on the verge of unprecedented political power. "Yet, in his recent speeches in early-voting states that went for President Bush four years ago, Obama never mentions a future in which Democrats run Washington. Instead, he seeks to reassure voters that what comes after Nov. 4, if he is successful, will not be a revolution but more of a reconciliation. 'Together, we cannot fail,' he says. 'Not now. Not when we have a crisis to solve and an economy to save.'"
This kind of rhetoric goes right back to the campaign's beginning, and even to the 2004 convention keynote speech. These people have planned out every step. At any rate I think it's a good response and "reconciliation" is a good word.
