Senator, I am proud to call you my candidate, and dearly, dearly hope to call you my president in a few months. I'm knocking on a lot of doors for this, giving money, the whole bit. But it behooves me to point out that I am very worried that you are still pulling punches, at a time when you do not have the luxury of pulling punches.
Last night, Keith Olbermann asked you if Sarah Palin was qualified to be President, as she could be very quickly if the election goes the wrong way. Your response began:
OBAMA: Well, you know, I'll let you ask Governor Palin that when I'm sure she'll be appearing on your show.
(LAUGHTER)
OBAMA: But rather than focus on a resume, I just want to focus on where she wants to take the country. As far as I can tell, there has not been any area, economic policy or foreign policy, in which she is different from John McCain or George Bush.
In many ways, in fact, she agrees with George Bush even more than John McCain.
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