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Originally Posted by daddio
Why ? Fear of failure.
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Not fear of failure, strategic thinking.
He is going to get more media than McCain, because he can buy more, and because his organization can put together more events that the media will cover.
Town halls are 50-50, that helps McCain, just by getting him more media time.
It also puts McCain on the same stage as Obama, why should the next president share the stage with a mere Senator?
It also puts McCain in the position of the rejected supplicant, and demonstrates that Obama has the final word, Obama is leading the action.
As far as this Obama is chicken crap goes, that's how it plays to the hard right, in the middle it puts McCain in the same league as Barr and Nader, minor candidates who can't get on the stage with Obama.
The whole key to this election is the youth vote, Obama doesn't need to sway the youth vote, he needs to energize it, and get it to the polls.
That's all about the ground game, which has sucked for democrats in the past, but Obama's ground game has been next to flawless.
Town Halls buy him nothing in that department.
Appearances at campuses beginning in September are the key to that, which is why Obama won't have time for Town Halls.
Obama also has the option to agree to one or two Town Halls, if this plays against him. That takes the sting out of it, and it also limits McCain to one or two "All or Nothing" nights, where his temper might just flare up from the pressure, in a most unpresidential manner.