09-30-2008, 02:47 PM | #1 |
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The longer this goes, the more it hurts McCain
McCain was the real loser yesterday. Though I can't for the life of me figure out why, the American people are determined to blame this on the Republicans. I guess the specter of the incumbent White House is truly that powerful.
McCain certainly hasn't helped his case much. Though reportedly he did help bring more Republicans on board than would have otherwise voted for the bill, and he helped them have a voice in the negotiations, now he's out there stumping on earmarks. Idiot. But what has Obama done to deserve a bump? He's basically done nothing more than stuck his head in the sand and held up a sign saying, "The Republicans did it." Meanwhile one of his economic advisors is one of the chief culprits responsible! (Yeah, I know he denies Raines is an advisor. Bull. Like Wright wasn't a spiritual mentor either, eh?) Meanwhile the news media has done their best to obscure that this is a Democrat controlled Congress. It's amazing to me the stars keep aligning to put the most leftist, inexperienced president in half-a-century in office, but it seems that's what we're poised to do.
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lol. that made me laugh the first time you typed that phrase.
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Finally, a chance to do something conservative, that would have the broad support of the American people, and McCain is swimming in the opposite direction. FAIL. Conservative movement in America. WIN. National Review, Larry Kudlow, etc. that support the bailout. FAIL. |
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McCain didn't stand a chance. We saw it during the primaries; a grumpy old man. People don't elect grumpy old men.
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I believe that in order to win McCain has to be be anti-Bush, not just silent about Bush. I also agree with the comment that being in a presidential election has dulled his political instincts. He didn't used to care so much what people thought because he had the luxury of wild popularity in his state. Now he cares and the charm is lost. At this point, I see Obama winning comfortably. He needs to needs to turn the ball over in the redzone a several consecutive possessions to lose. He knows it and is just sort of laying low. I think it will work, and just like I don't think it is bad for the market to have its ass kicked periodically so too it isn't bad for the conservative movement to get shaken up. Democrats were in exactly this sort of malaise at the end of the Clinton years. And the cycle goes on....
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It is cyclical. After 8 years of Clinton polarizing the electorate, everyone was ready for a regime change, too. Obama has easy pickings if he wanted to push McCain's buttons right now, but his campaign has been focused on the wrong things.
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I agree. For example, they sort of seemed to panic with Palin and really focused a lot of energy on her when just waiting it out and letting the blush come off the rose all on its own would have been more than sufficient.
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I just snorted water out my nose. Your "biggest concern"? Damn funny.
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I don't think the public will give that sort of power for long. Once there is a new president and the Bush albatross is removed from Republicans, they will reinvent themselves or at least reinvigorate the party. Obama will give conservatives something to agree about and they will unite. And just as was the case with Republicans after Clinton, the dems once fully in power and with no more Bush will have less to agree upon and the fissures will start to show.
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