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Originally Posted by TRFrance
I also think you have to connect with people, and make people feel like you're on their side and will be fighting for them. I think Obama and the Democrats have done a much better job of that than McCain and the Republicans.
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That's another great point. I'm not sure why,( I think it was his handlers "handling" him too much), but John McCain isn't exactly as warm and relaxed as he used to be. I used to listen to him on Imus and I thought he was a really likeable person. I always tried to catch him when he was on. Maybe it's just the toll and guardedness of the campaign but he seems to be really up tight and not as "connecting" if you will.
I heard a reporter last night who has covered McCain in the Congress for a while. He said before he ran for President he'd always run into McCain and McCain would call him "jerk" as a kidding name with the guy and ask him what he was working on, how his family was, yada yada yada. He said that all of that changed after McCain won the nomination and he was more withdrawn and just a lot more guarded. Definitely being guarded comes with a Presidential election, but too much of that can translate into a candidate not connecting with voters as well.
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