奥巴马与麦凯恩激烈对决中(组图)

奥巴马与麦凯恩激烈对决中

　　Former President Bill Clinton reminded Democrats this week that this year's Republican attacks on Obama have a familiar ring to them.

　　"We prevailed in a hard campaign in which the Republicans said I was too young and too inexperienced to be commander in chief. Sound familiar? It did not work in 1992 because we were on the right side of history, and it will not work in 2008 because Barack Obama is on the right side of history!"

　　University of Virginia analyst Larry Sabato says the Democrats will also try to capitalize on Obama's early opposition to the war in Iraq.

　　"What the Democrats have been saying is that experience did not keep us out of an unpopular war and that judgment is better than experience. So they are stressing different parts of Obama's biography."

　　But McCain supporters are just as adamant that Obama's plan to withdraw most U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months is reckless and jeopardizes the hard-won improvements in security inside Iraq.

　　Expert Stuart Rothenberg looks for a full week of attacks on Obama at the Republican convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

　　"But the McCain folks have been very aggressive in changing that, in putting the onus on Obama, and I think they will have to continue to be aggressive. Because the bottom line is that, although this race is close, and John McCain could win, Barack Obama has a slight advantage. And so, McCain has to continue to keep the heat on Obama."

　　Most experts agree the economy will be the major issue in the election this year, and, at the moment, they give Obama and the Democrats an edge in that area.

　　Recent polls show Obama and McCain in a virtual dead heat in the race for the White House, with less than 10 weeks to go until Election Day on November 4.