Step Into My Parlor Says McCain To Obama
"Step into my parlor", says the spider to the fly. At this juncture in the presidential campaign, John McCain is the proverbial spider trying to lure Barack (the fly) Obama into his web. The web is otherwise known as the Townhall Meeting.
McCain excels in the townhall format where his straight talk style allows him to shine. He is able to demonstrate a commanding knowledge of the issues. The spontaneity of the questions highlights his ability to think quickly on his feet. His vast experience proves to be a well from which he can instantly draw.
Obama, on the other hand, prefers the carefully controlled forums where he can appear before massive (sometimes even swooning) crowds that come to hear his soaring rhetoric. His speeches are prepared and practiced ahead of time, his pitch and inflections are perfect.
McCain invited Obama to a series of ten townhall meetings leading up to the election and at first Obama indicated he would be agreeable. Evidently, Obama's advisers warned him that the format might prove to be a rather sticky web, one from which he could not easily extricate himself. The reply from the campaign was that Obama might be willing to do only one townhall meeting, stipulating that it be done on July the 4th.
The McCain expressed disappointment and claimed the reason Obama was insistent on July 4th was because it would receive less attention as many Americans are away on holiday. So basically they called him a 'scaredy cat' - if Obama flubbed it up big time at least most voters would be too busy eating hot dogs by the pool or watching fireworks to notice.
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