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Originally Posted by Ferd
100% agree with you here.
a couple of points to add. No one in modern presidential history has won the whitehouse without their base being fired up.
and no one in modern presidential history hsa won the whitehouse without appealing to the independant swing vote.
the winner is the guy who keeps the base fired up and wins the swing vote... in every election.
McCain is and always has been the guy on this ticket who appeals to the swing vote. His main problem was a base that was holding its nose.
Sarah Palin as removed the fingers from the bases nose, and got them to dig into their pocket book. the base now has a dog in this hunt, and McCain is getting them to give bigtime right now.
having said all that, I still say this race is the dems to lose. McCain can only keep it close and hope ZerObama makes mistakes.
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Right on the money on everything Ferd, but I'd disagree on it being the dems to lose. I believe this election will be very close. 60 days out, I can't see anything but a toss up.
You nailed it with the swing vote. As they go, so goes the election. McCain has to go much farther to the middle and appeal to mod's tonight. McCain's biggest job after Palin last night, is trying to seperate himself from the last 8 years of the Bush administration. If he can do that well enough, he wins. Game over, IMO.
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