what hurt mccain the most?

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Registered: 09-15-2008
what hurt mccain the most?
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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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Registered: 06-17-2008
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 3:32pm

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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Registered: 03-23-2008
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 3:54pm
I also said other because I feel it was a combination of several factors that hurt him. I think primarily, though, what hurt John McCain was John McCain. He ran a positive campaign in 2000 and he was screwed over by Bush. Instead of maintaing that positive and issue-based campaign tactic this go around, he hired those very same campaign strategists to run his own campaign. He also, ultimately, is responsible for picking Sarah Palin as his runningmate and she turned out to be a disaster. Plus, his voting record was far too similar to Bush's and in this election, that could never have been a good thing.

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Registered: 04-09-2007
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 4:09pm

Completely agree.

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Registered: 09-15-2008
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 4:14pm

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Registered: 04-24-2003
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 4:30pm

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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Registered: 05-23-2005
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 4:41pm
I voted other, I think the nail in his coffin was the media. They made Governer Palin look like a joke (and seriously, how can you be elected Governer in the USA and be as dumb as they made her out to be), they spent twice the amount of money and resources covering the Obama campaign (I realize this was a historical event, but still not fair to the other side), plus just go down your list,and every item on there was maginified in the press, but at the same time I felt Senator Obama's negative coverage always had a footnote (some analyst to dispute the charges,ie Ayers, Rev. Wright, campaign funding, etc. etc.) I think this election was destined to end as it did. Senator Obama was that one in a million candidate, that I don't think anyone could have beaten once he sealed the nomination, and I feel the press pretty much rode the Cinderella story, therefore putting Senator McCain at a disadvantage he would never recover from.
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Registered: 10-03-2008
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 5:03pm
I said 'other' because I think his choice for VP and the amount of negative campaigning were both up there for top reasons.




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Registered: 05-06-2007
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 6:54pm

I disagree. I most certainly think that Obama could have been

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Registered: 01-12-2008
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 8:49pm

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.



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Registered: 10-09-2008
Thu, 11-06-2008 - 8:58pm
I agree