From the ArcaMax Publishing, Politics Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/politics/s-369829-722459
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- An adviser to Sen. John McCain, the presumptive
Republican nominee for U.S. president, has outlined a strategy to
depict Democrat Barack Obama as self-serving.
Steve Schmidt sent "Country First vs. Self-Serving Partisanship" to
reporters Thursday, The Politico reports. He describes Barack Obama,
the likely Democratic nominee, as someone who has always put himself
and his party first, contrasted with McCain, a war hero who has been
willing to cross party lines.
"When John McCain was offered early release as a prisoner of war, he
refused, subjecting himself to torture rather than give a propaganda
victory to his captors," Schmidt said. "Is it any wonder that during
the Republican primary, John McCain was working with Democrats and
talking about the need for comprehensive immigration reform?"
Other McCain supporters have already put the strategy into practice.
Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff to President George Bush,
attacked Obama as self-centered in an op-ed piece Thursday in the Wall
Street Journal.