[LWalk18]

McCain has to appear moderate while chipping away at Obama's fitness for office in order to win. He cannot be directly linked to attacks on Obama's middle name- something that was given to him at birth in any case. McCain is playing this the right way- he is not desperate like Hillary, he has nine months to defeat Obama.

I am not a McCain fan, but he did not get to be nominee seemingly out of nowhere without being politically savvy. He knows that many of the conservatives moaning today will in the end never sit out the election and let Obama become president. He has to woo those who are politically moderate but doubt Obama's image as a uniter or realize that his inexperience makes him too dangerous to be President.

[21stCenturyFreeThinker]

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He knows that many of the conservatives moaning today will in the end never sit out the election and let Obama become president. He has to woo those who are politically moderate but doubt Obama's image as a uniter or realize that his inexperience makes him too dangerous to be President.

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Worth repeating. McCain is assuming he will get the support of conservatives no matter what. Just like the Democrats assume they will always get the support of blacks.