Pennsylvania is done....what now?

Another goalpost has come and gone.  There are still the same questions about Obama's ability to withstand the Republican attack machine.  Clinton still has her issues of trustworthiness.  I've come to hate what politics has become.  Now Barack Obama is in quite a predicament.  He has to prove his toughness while at the same time trying to stay above the 'politics of old'.  

I'm going to try to play the role of Obama strategist here for a minute.  I would advise Obama go back to what got him here.  Write some more inspirational speeches that speak to the working class so called 'Reagan Democrats'.  Talk about hope as it is involved with specific issues that trouble working class voters.  Let Clinton keep attacking you.  If you ignore her, she will eventually go away.  You don't need to prove yourself to her anymore.  The people have spoken.  While it is not a decisive lead, you lead her in popular vote.  That is as simple as it sounds.  More people have voted for you than for her.  She can try to cast all of these doubts about your past and your patriotism, but the people have shown nationwide that they don't have those same questions.  Show your strength by telling the American people what you're going to do.  Your actions will prove to those who have doubts about your personality.  When they see your plans exist to help them out, they will shed all these false doubts that the Clinton campaign has created.  

Instead,  you need to turn your focus to John McCain.  The days of being gracious to Senator Clinton are over.  You have to get serious about general election campaigning.  Since the differences between your plans and Senator Clinton's plans are almost nonexistent, show the American people how different you are from John McCain.  He IS another Bush term, as far as you're concerned.  You must fight back against the notion that you're going to raise everyone's taxes.  Tell the American people that lower and middle class taxes are not going to rise.  Tell them that, in fact, they are most likely to be cut.  Show the people that you are fighting for them, to pull one out of Hillary Clinton's book.  The three things you need to do are:  play up hope again with new and different speeches, focus your charges on John McCain (but don't go negative, just compare, compare, compare) and last but not least you need to get very specific about what you want to do.  Mix a lot of specifics in with your message of change and hope.  

I think with this strategy, you will not only win the Democratic nomination, but you will also win the General Election in November.