what hurt mccain the most?
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what hurt mccain the most?
| Thu, 11-06-2008 - 1:44pm |
what hurt mccain the most?
- palin
- the economic crisis
- he was too moderate
- his age
- the color of his skin
- his campaign (the negativity, suspending it, saying the'fundamentals...strong'
- his policies
- the debates
- george w bush
- other
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I voted "other" because I think it was a combination of all of those EXCEPT his age, his color and being "moderate."
In fact, I find it bizarre that some Republicans are talking about how he should have gone more to the right.
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Completely agree.
<<...leaders will think before they speak, consider the facts before making a decision, and will be lead by both their intellect and their conscience, rather than by a little voice inside their head.
I chose his negative campaign...but want to point out that his negativate and poorly run campaign was even more noticeable due to Obama's smooth, positive, brilliantly run campaign.
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I disagree. I most certainly think that Obama could have been
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I think it was so many things, but all of the reasons I think of are linked to the idea that people were looking for the candidate who was most opposite of Bush. I think Palin brought McCain down because of how much she was like Bush: she could never come across as being as smart; she even had that classic Bushism of saying "nucular" instead of "nuclear;" she is also a religious conservative. Had McCain picked someone more moderate and really showcased his differences from Bush better, I think he would have stood a better shot. But even then, I don't think he could be as opposite of Bush as Obama. When you come from the same party, its impossible to separate your policies dramatically enough. Obama had the policy differences (especially his opposition to the Iraq war), exuded intelligence, and just seems so much more capable of viewing the world from multiple perspectives, in shades of gray instead of as black and white as Bush seems to. He is more the anti-Bush.
For those who think race was an issue, I just want to point out that if you look at voters who reported anonymously that race was an issue in their voting decision, they were evenly split between Obama and McCain supporters. So people who voted Obama just because he was black were essentially canceled out by people who voted against him because he was black. I think that "blaming" his win on race is simply easier for some people than acknowledging his genuine likeability. There HAVE been other black presidential candidates during the primary season before; none have performed as brilliantly as he has.