Obama In Trouble; Turns To Hillary

Sen. Barack Obama, faced with "Sarah Mania," has turned to Hillary Clinton and other liberal women to rescue him.

Fearful that undecided women will turn to the McCain-Palin ticket, the Obama campaign has sought additional help from Clinton.

There a few items that are feeding Obama's panic:

From TVweek.com:

Across all broadcast networks Thursday, Sen. McCain’s speech ended the night with a 4.8 rating/7 share, compared to Sen. Obama’s 4.3/7 average, according to overnight numbers from metered households in 55 U.S. markets measured by Nielsen. These ratings are preliminary, however, and are subject to change.

More than 40 million Americans tuned in Wednesday to see Sarah Palin deliver her acceptance speech Wednesday night. (Source: MyWay.com)

From Rasmussen Reports:

A week ago, most Americans had never heard of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Now, following a Vice Presidential acceptance speech viewed live by more than 40 million people, Palin is viewed favorably by 58% of American voters.*

(*And this is after the vicious attacks by the MSM and left-wing bloggers who live in their mothers' basements.)

Small wonder Obama is turning to Hillary to rescue him.

The New York Times reports:

Some Democrats were urging Mr. Obama’s campaign not to underestimate the potential power of Ms. Palin’s speech, even among voters not aligned with either party: On liberal talk-radio shows and on left-leaning blogs, some Democrats said the Obama campaign should fight back hard to avoid being caricatured as Senator John Kerry was four years ago when he ran against President Bush. Some party strategists warned that Mrs. Palin’s personal narrative as a “hockey mom” with a special-needs child, would appeal to some undecided women voters.

“What McCain has done with Governor Palin’s nomination is aim right at a demographic that Obama needs to address quickly: noncollege-educated women,” said Mike McCurry, a former spokesman in the Clinton White House. “They need to maximize Biden’s ability to reach out to them, but at the end of the day, it is Obama who has to get that very, very critical group.”

Clinton's advisors said that Clinton is willing to help, but urged the campaign not to overestimate the impact Mrs. Clinton could have, noting that she had other commitments this fall, like campaigning and raising money for Senate candidates as well as her own campaign debt (that Obama has done very little to help pay off).

Obama may need to take some sedatives pretty soon.