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Ok, you can say its 20-20 hindsight, but its what I have said all along.
Despite the 'historical" difficulties McCain faced he could EASILY be ahead.
Here's what McCain should have done.
When he was sure he had the nomination he should not have met with any of the religious wacko's. His first problem was how he went back on his "courageous" stand against the religious extremists. Where would the extremists have gone? Where would the more sane religious oriented voters have gone? They sure as h*ll weren't going to Obama.
To paraphrase McCain. The religious right WERE your prisoners.
His campaign should have come out and said, We Republicans have the right ideas. Things like deregulation and lower taxes are the best policies. Our problem was in the execution. We let the special interests get too involved. I won't have a lobbyist on my campaign and I will do deregulation right. Lower taxes were good. But we didn't cut spending. I will submit a budget that reduces the deficit and I will veto any budget that doesn't, barring any catastrophe.
Senator Obama is a good man. He may make a good President someday. For now, he's too young and inexperienced. Anyone who slanders him will be out of my campaign in a heartbeat.
McCain should barely have gone to the Red states. He should have been after the independents 100 percent of the time. The truth is the right wing press would never love him, and spending any time trying to win them over cost him far more of the centrist voters.
He should have picked a Joe Biden as VP candidate. Someone with impeccable credentials and a clean past.
Basically, McCain had the dream shot. A President and party feeling they had nothing to lose since their chances were slim, nominated a guy who could have swerved towards the middle farther and faster than any other candidate.
After all, Republicans were so anxious they were literally ready to nominate Mitt Romney or Rudy 9-11 for crying out loud.
Despite the 'historical" difficulties McCain faced he could EASILY be ahead.
Here's what McCain should have done.
When he was sure he had the nomination he should not have met with any of the religious wacko's. His first problem was how he went back on his "courageous" stand against the religious extremists. Where would the extremists have gone? Where would the more sane religious oriented voters have gone? They sure as h*ll weren't going to Obama.
To paraphrase McCain. The religious right WERE your prisoners.
His campaign should have come out and said, We Republicans have the right ideas. Things like deregulation and lower taxes are the best policies. Our problem was in the execution. We let the special interests get too involved. I won't have a lobbyist on my campaign and I will do deregulation right. Lower taxes were good. But we didn't cut spending. I will submit a budget that reduces the deficit and I will veto any budget that doesn't, barring any catastrophe.
Senator Obama is a good man. He may make a good President someday. For now, he's too young and inexperienced. Anyone who slanders him will be out of my campaign in a heartbeat.
McCain should barely have gone to the Red states. He should have been after the independents 100 percent of the time. The truth is the right wing press would never love him, and spending any time trying to win them over cost him far more of the centrist voters.
He should have picked a Joe Biden as VP candidate. Someone with impeccable credentials and a clean past.
Basically, McCain had the dream shot. A President and party feeling they had nothing to lose since their chances were slim, nominated a guy who could have swerved towards the middle farther and faster than any other candidate.
After all, Republicans were so anxious they were literally ready to nominate Mitt Romney or Rudy 9-11 for crying out loud.