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Submitted by lostinsc on Sun, 2008-10-12 12:43.
The New York Times suggests Republican leaders are very worried that Sen. John McCain is on his way to losing the presidential election.
"Again and again, party leaders said in interviews that while they still believed that Mr. McCain could win over voters in the next 30 days, they were concerned that he and his advisers seemed to be adrift in dealing with an extraordinarily challenging political battleground and a crisis on Wall Street."
Said former congressman Vin Weber: "The main thing he needs to do is focus on a single message -- a single, concise or clear-cut message, and stick with that over the next 30 days, regardless of what happens. He's had a lot of attack lines. But it's time to choose."
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I hope McCain wins but the GOP could be reinvented should they lose. Right now the GOP is burdened by tremendous negativity. 4 Years of BO and a dem congress could shift all that negativity and give the GOP an opportunity to overwhelmingly win in 2012.
But the GOP is going to have to legislate and stop bsing America. They had 6 years to outlaw abortion, protect religious freedom, protect the conventional family, do away with capital gains, etc, etc. What did they do...nothing. Next time around it's put up or shut up.
The saying that "you can't please all of the people all of the time" will certainly apply to the next President regardless of who it is. Everything will be left in such a mess that the next President will start out will fewer options than most of the Presidents in history.
He will have to make some undoubtedly difficult and unpopular decisions. A second term is highly unlikely given the present state of the nation.
An astute observation is the one that realizes that the Executive branch is not solely responsible for protecting our liberties, nor should they have unlimited powers. We have courts to decide on the merits and constitutionality of laws and proposed laws. Fortunately, the constitution is not a "partisan" document.
I agree.
I have been playing with the elctoral maps for quite some time.....I do not see HOW McCain can win simply based on numbers. I predict Obama wins (not my choice at all since I feel he is not qualified - something about admitted drug use and a security clearance come to my retired military vet mind)...but opinions vary apparently.
As of today....Obama stands at 264 to McCains 174 projected electoral votes.
Swing states are: (total of 100 electoral votes)
Florida - 27 votes
NC - 15 votes
VA - 13 votes
OH - 20 votes
MO - 11 votes
CO - 9 votes
NV - 5 votes
IF - McCain wins ALL the above swing states....he ends up at 274 electoral votes and squeeks by with the nomination. If he loses just ONE of these states.....he loses.
Sad days ahead....but the Republicans in Name Only....are reaping what they have sewed.