By Christopher Coffey
Republican Political Consultant

Of course Senator Obama wants to redistribute wealth. The real story is that Republicans are still trying to convince voters of such an obvious point just one week before the election.

Much has been made of Obama’s past and current comments relating to wealth.  These comments are insignificant compared to his policy proposals.

Obama promises to raise taxes on 5% of the working families, and redistribute it in the form of refundable tax credits and spending programs (at least a trillion dollars worth). This is wealth redistribution and it is a promise that Obama says he will keep as president.  It is not a fake news controversy.

So why are we still debating whether or not Obama is a redistributionist?  It is because the McCain campaign ignored the obvious for most of this election season, and chose to focus on trifling issues such as Paris Hilton.  Had they not, perhaps the GOP would not be battling to win states like Virginia and North Carolina.

The good news is that Obama’s plans to redistribute wealth do not add up.  He cannot cut taxes on 95% of working families, provide universal health care and balance the budget, as promised.

The bad news is that we do not really know what Barack Obama will do as president.  Will he increase the deficit even more?  Raise taxes on additional families?  Give us universal health care? Or chart a different path all together?

We do know that if Obama fulfills his spending promises, then he will have to raise taxes on the middle class if he expects to balance the budget. That means even more wealth redistribution.

There is a big question mark hanging over Senator Obama’s candidacy.  It is too bad the McCain campaign is only now coming to understand the implications of Obama’s lefty promises.  Had they figured it out sooner, McCain might be on top right now, not Obama.