Obama slams McCain in Iowa: “The lobbyists who ruled George Bush’s Washington are now running John McCain’s campaign”

Published: May 21, 2008, 4:45 pm

Tags: barack obama, campaigns elections, john mccain, kentucky, oregon, primary

In his speech Tuesday night in Iowa, Barack Obama took the fight to John McCain hard, tying him directly to President Bush’s failed policies and slamming him on everything from lobbyists and Iraq to health care and tax cuts. Download Play Download Play “This year's Republican primary was a contest to see which candidate could out-Bush the other, and that's a contest that John McCain won. “Now, I will leave it up to Senator McCain to explain to the American people whether his policies and positions represent long-held convictions or Washington calculations, but the one thing they don't represent is change.” You can watch the entire thing here, which includes this line, by far my favorite of the speech: “No matter how this primary ends, Senator Clinton has shattered myths and broken barriers and changed the America in which my daughters and your daughters will come of age, and for that we are grateful to

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