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2008-09-03 Home Front: Politix

McCain Ad: My Vice President can beat up your President!

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Posted by gorb 2008-09-03 15:23|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Yep. By choosing Palin McCain has successfully sucked Obama into a contest where Obama is constantly comparing his qualifications to those of McCain's VP nominee. Over the long run that can't be helpful. Very nicely played by the McCain camp.

McCain's campaign was incredibly sharp from the Saddleback Forum through this past Friday. However the howling from Obama's minions has been so loud that Team McCain seems to have lost control of their message which is being drowned out by the visceral lefty hatred of Palin. Perhaps that's by design but IMHO McCain doesn't have long to re-establish control of his message or he'll be finished.

Posted by AzCat 2008-09-03 16:19|| 2008-09-03 16:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe Cheney would rather not go hunting with her

Posted by European Conservative 2008-09-03 16:21|| 2008-09-03 16:21|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't think McCain has to re-establish control. Just let the looney left go nuts and smear all self made women everywhere. Then, Palin crushes Biden in a debate. Election over.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-09-03 16:34|| 2008-09-03 16:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Once the "unqualified unprincipled rube nutcase" meme is firmly established there'll be no going back. I'd like to think that American voters are bright, research candidates, and make informed decisions but in a nation where 1% of the electorate will decide the election it's too much to hope for that said 1% will look past the established MSM memes.

Posted by AzCat 2008-09-03 16:54|| 2008-09-03 16:54|| Front Page Top

#5 McCain was caught a little flat footed by the media avalanche. Good to see him finally going on the offensive. The campaign needs to get inside the MSM OODA loop as it has Barry's. This will be a challenge.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-03 16:56|| 2008-09-03 16:56|| Front Page Top

#6 The campaign needs to get inside the MSM OODA loop as it has Barry's.

This is precisely what worries me. They *had* to know what was coming even if they didn't anticipate the magnitude of it. McCain's slowness in responding effectively to the smears is what's troubling me. Or maybe they've just been so good of late that I'm expecting a bit much of them.

Posted by AzCat 2008-09-03 21:07|| 2008-09-03 21:07|| Front Page Top

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