Desperate: McCain is Losing
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| Sat, 10-04-2008 - 8:41pm |
Since he has nothing to say about his own plans and positions to sway the voter, he and his campaign are going to "get tough" and run attack ads on Obama re associations, etc. He's given up on Michigan, dropping every day in the polls, made embarrassing, I would think, comments to the faithful that were taped. And now that "straight talker maverick is just going to attack the other guy. But he started that, I guess, when he saw the 200,000 that came out to see Obama in (gasp) Europe - you know, the Paris Hilton ad. LOL. How did that work out for you, John?
I wonder if he knows that other than not being trusted by the majority of Americans to know much about the economy, which is the main issue, people really don't like just attack ads from either candidate. Just talk about what you can do for us.
WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain and his Republican allies are readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obama's character, believing that to win in November they must shift the conversation back to questions about the Democrat's judgment, honesty and personal associations, several top Republicans said.
With just a month to go until Election Day, McCain's team has decided that its emphasis on the senator's biography as a war hero, experienced lawmaker and straight-talking maverick is insufficient to close a growing gap with Obama. The Arizonan's campaign is also eager to move the conversation away from the economy, an issue that strongly favors Obama and has helped him to a lead in many recent polls.
"We're going to get a little tougher," a senior Republican operative said, indicating that a fresh batch of television ads is coming. "We've got to question this guy's associations. Very soon. There's no question that we have to change the subject here," said the operative, who was not authorized to discuss strategy and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Being so aggressive has risks for McCain if it angers swing voters, who often say they are looking for candidates who offer a positive message about what they will do. That could be especially true this year, when frustration with Washington politics is acute and a desire for specifics on how to fix the economy and fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is strong.
Robert Gibbs, a top Obama adviser, dismissed the new McCain strategy. "This isn't 1988," he said. "I don't think the country is going to be distracted by the trivial." He added that Obama will continue to focus on the economy, saying that Americans will remain concerned about the country's economic troubles even as the Wall Street crisis eases somewhat.
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Oct. 4: MSNBC's Chuck Todd takes a look at the latest polls in key battleground states as the presidential election heads into the final month.
Moments after the House of Representatives approved a bailout package for Wall Street on Friday afternoon, the McCain campaign released a television ad that challenges Obama's honesty and asks, "Who is Barack Obama?" The ad alleges that "Senator Obama voted 94 times for higher taxes. Ninety-four times. He's not truthful on taxes." The charge that Obama voted 94 times for higher taxes has been called misleading by independent fact-checkers, who have noted that the majority of those votes were on nonbinding budget resolutions.
A senior campaign official called the ad "just the beginning" of commercials that will "strike the new tone" in the campaign's final days. The official said the "aggressive tone" will center on the question of "whether this guy is ready to be president."
McCain's only positive commercial, called "Original Mavericks," has largely been taken off the air, according to Evan Tracey of the Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks political ads.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's performance at Thursday night's debate embodied the new approach, as she used every opportunity to question Obama's honesty and fitness to serve as president. At one point she said, "Barack Obama voted against funding troops after promising that he would not do so."
Palin kept up the attack yesterday, saying in an interview on Fox News that Obama is "reckless" and that some of what he has said, "in my world, disqualifies someone from consideration as the next commander in chief."
McCain hinted Thursday that a change is imminent, perhaps as soon as next week's debate. Asked at a Colorado town hall, "When are you going to take the gloves off?" the candidate grinned and replied, "How about Tuesday night?"

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>>Just talk about what you can do for us.<<
Unfortunately, I don't think he's going to be doing that. They are in pure panic mode now. Pathetic and sad.
Their whole play book needs to be burned to ashes. McCain's priorities are all wrong, and he doesn't care what happens to the US. He and Palin just want to get the power.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harold-pollack/the-mccain-campaign-turni_b_131923.html
The thing McCain doesn't realize is that he can sling all the mud he wants but in the mean time every single time we have to put gas in our cars we know how much more expensive it has gotten, every single time we have to go to the grocery store we know how much more expensive food has gotten, anytime someone applies for a loan and can't get one we know how the economy has tanked, everytime someone loses a job we know that the jobless rate is going up. Slinging mud is not answering the questions people have - namely how will my life improve if I give you my vote. At the end of the day, when we are sitting at the kitchen table, we want HOPE - what is John offering other than the same old same old????
After he has slung so much mud how does he think he will ever be clean again?
After he has spent so much time being negative how does he think we will see him in a positive light again???
After he has spent so much time avoiding the issues how does he think we can believe he is able to address them?
There they go again playing the same old dirty 'insider' game.
Well said.
I have noticed that the cost of things have gone up so much more since Bush's tax breaks to the wealthy, this is why this "trickle down" affect is and always has been a sham. Health Care costs have skyrocketed, Insurance companies are finding more and more ways to increase their profits at our expense, with these dang "formulary drugs" They tell us what "they" will pay for and what they won't.The ones they like are basiacly the Wal-Mart 4.00 ones. Doesn't matter if you can take them or not,they just don't care.
The Middle Class is shrinking, it is very depressing to say the least.
The truth does not matter to the McCain/Palin ticket.
If I were Obama, my response would be a simple ad.
"Just after the Republican convention, polls showed the Obama/Biden ticket as behind. Recall what we did then. We did not panic, we stayed on message. Contrast this with McCain/Palin, who as a result of being down in the polls, have launched a desperation attack at my character.
And ask yourself this. In times of crisis, which approach to crisis do you believe will better serve America? The calm, reasoned approach, or the desperation attack approach?"
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