The youth vote is perpetually the democrats other weapon of choice and perpetually they underperform, I suspect that will be the same this year.
The headwinds are definitely against republicans but that can be overcome with Baracks ties to a host of left wing nuts and the tax issue. Biden keeps giving gifts on taxes but the biggest gift is Obamas hanging with the marxists and his unquenchable thirst for money.
McCain should go after Khalidi, 401K's and Othe Obama campaigns corrupt fund raising hard. Those three issues will have to be covered widely now methinks.
Say a prayer, lock and load and up the hill we go. :-}
I don’t know if the negative attack stratefy is the “Wright” approach, pardon the pun. By now, anyone who would be swayed by attacks is laready voting McCain. Obama isn’t ahead because he hasn’t been attacked enough. He’s ahead because starting in mid-September we’ve 6 straight weeks of the worst economic news since the Depression covered non-stop by the media who have gone all in to elect Obama, starting at the end of September to now Obama has outspent McCain 5-1 or more in key states, because Bush is at 20% or so nationally and even lower in key states and below 10% in most states on the economy and jobs, because the markey has lost 30-35% of its value in a matter of weeks and unemployment has gone up by close to 2% in the past year, because McCain didn’t really have a good first two debates, because no one cares about nat’l security or moral values this time around as compared to last year and 60% care about the economy, jobs and health care when around 20% cared about it in 2004, and a couple other things.
McCain has attacked plenty and whatever damage they’ve done, it’s already set. Unless this Khalidi tape is released. Just talking about it does nothing. We need the actual tape.
But I think McCain needs to focus on a positive end. He needs to come out, drop the flash, and just speak passionately to the people about why he wants to be their Preisdeint and what he will do for them. He needs to ask for their vote, and do enough to persuade the independents and middle who totally gave up on the GOP once th economy tanked that he will fight for them, that he will be on their side, and that he will be the leader for them in this time of crisis.
Given all that’s happened it may not be enough, but quite frankly given all of the above the fact that McCain is anywher near 47% in any natioanl poll at this point is as stunning a number as I’ve seen in political history. There’s really no reason whatsoever that McCain should even be topping 40%. IF he can swing 3% or so in the last 6 days, he has a shot. I think the positive campaign is the way to do that. but i could be wrong.