McCain blinked
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IMHO McCain has been handling the election well. Palin just keeps shovelling in the votes from the base and McCain promises nothing.
What are McCains promises? Do you know. I don't. However his opponent has promised national health and is not backing away form that promise.
McCain is pulling a tactic used in Canada! Promise nothing and let the other party destroy itself. McCain is truly running the ultimate negative campaign. He is saying: I am none of the above. I'm not Bush, I'm not Obama, I'm not Hillary. Therefore you must vote for me.
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What are McCains promises? Do you know. I don't. However his opponent has promised national health and is not backing away form that promise.
McCain is pulling a tactic used in Canada! Promise nothing and let the other party destroy itself. McCain is truly running the ultimate negative campaign. He is saying: I am none of the above. I'm not Bush, I'm not Obama, I'm not Hillary. Therefore you must vote for me.
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Of course...
...he did. He realized the WORSE possible outcome was for him to allow Obama to stand on the podium alone.
This on the other hand, could be the best outcome..."I tried to play the hero, but Obama was selfish, and wanted to focus on winning the election instead of saving the country, so I capitulated to mollify him, and to give the American people what they want - a debate."
It certainly will not make a wit of difference with his base, who will chose to not see it as the political election tactic it all was....so, what could it hurt?
...he did. He realized the WORSE possible outcome was for him to allow Obama to stand on the podium alone.
This on the other hand, could be the best outcome..."I tried to play the hero, but Obama was selfish, and wanted to focus on winning the election instead of saving the country, so I capitulated to mollify him, and to give the American people what they want - a debate."
It certainly will not make a wit of difference with his base, who will chose to not see it as the political election tactic it all was....so, what could it hurt?
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MLAM said:
Agreed, BTW I love this campaign stuff.
In any event these shennanigans will have little effect on the crucial swing vote. I also believe that the debates when they come will be as lame as they have always been. The last real kick ass debate which did swing an election was Regan saying "Well, are you better off today than you were four years ago."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px7aRIhUkHY
The awesome comment from Lloyd Bensen directed at Dan Quale "I knew Jack Kennedy....." Did not prevent George Bush 41 from getting elected.
http://video.google.com/videosearch...sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#
The Carter speech is very very reminiscent of what I saw Obama Promise at the DNC convention BTW.
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From everything I read and heard, Johnny barely said a word at the White House meeting yesterday. So, what was the point again of him putting everything on hold to help solve the crisis. He is in over his head with the economic voodoo thing. And he picked a VP who is in over her head, too. The dynamic duo.
McCain is dropping rapidly on all of the election prediction sites. Realclearpolitics, Intrade, and Electoral-Vote are all showing this as having been a very brutal week for McCain.
On Intrade his odds of winning have dropped from 52% to 42% over the past week.
So I would say that this entire issue in aggregate, the focus on the economy, has been bad for him.
On Intrade his odds of winning have dropped from 52% to 42% over the past week.
So I would say that this entire issue in aggregate, the focus on the economy, has been bad for him.
McDubya both a Blink & a Flip-Flop in the last 24 hours!
The OLD fart isn't looking very presidential at all!.....
The OLD fart isn't looking very presidential at all!.....
