AMERICAblog: CNN's Jack Cafferty: Presidential scholars and historians say Obama has upper hand
Steve_in_CNJ
· 1 year ago
This pretty much says the same thing:
According to the poll, two-thirds of Obama supporters, or 67 percent, say they're extremely or very enthusiastic about voting for president this year. But only about one-third, or 34 percent, of McCain supporters feel fired up.
I like Obama, but now I have reservations because he may not get us out of this Iraq mess and get us into an Iran mess. http://www.etherzone.com/2008/raim060608.shtml OBAMA CAPITULATES
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
I read an interesting article on Huffpost that examined a scenario of taking McCain out of GOP lineup, and putting a viable candidate in about 2 months before the election. Do the rules of the GOP allow for such a move?
SociologistTina
· 1 year ago
I'm sure they allow for it in the case of a medical emergency! I can imagine lots of scenarios of how that could happen. Otherwise, I'm certain it's not allowed.
vkobaya
· 1 year ago
Rules ...GOP
Bleep! Bleep! Does not compute! Does not compute!
jr
· 1 year ago
"I'll let you ride the Vicki Iseman express if you vote for me"-McCain standing on a corner wearing a sandwich board
SociologistTina
· 1 year ago
LOL. As if we didn't already know.
warsaw
· 1 year ago
It always comes as a surprise to me that Jack Cafferty is such a good writer. His speaking manner is so smart-alecky and sardonic and yet his prose style is so clear and he packs so much into his sentences and he makes his way from one end to the other of his essays so inexorably. He's like a rubber ball bouncing down a flight of stairs in slow motion. Not to belabor this point, but that is what a good journalist does. He writes. He doesn't just ask questions.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
"McCain does have some advantages, including the fact that most people don't see him as a traditional Republican." What is a "traditional Republican" anyway? They do run the gamut.
Of course, as long as McBush keeps on flip flopping on his positions, the more Bush-like he becomes. If he really believes he can ride in on Bush's coattails, he is stupider than we think, and a total loser.
jwhit
· 1 year ago
I like Jack Cafferty. He was the only one since March that consistently questioned why She-Devil was still in the race when she launched her kitchen sink strategy. He predicted like most of us that the party was going to be divided if she continued knowing that she couldn't win. QUESTION: Has anyone signed up on Hillary's website where it asks you to help Obama? There has been several of us that signed up but it doesn't go to the Obama campaign. What is she doing with the information? HMMMMM
buddhistMonkey
· 1 year ago
Roosevelt beat Hoover before John McCain was even born. That means that Barack Obama has the best chance in a long, long, looong time.
Andrew A. Gill
· 1 year ago
We need to stop this sort of rhetoric. If Obama wins, it will be because he is a strong candidate, and has run a strong campaign.
He will not win because America hates Bush, or is tired of republicans, or the economy is down the crapper, or because McCain is a bad candidate.
If Obama wins, he will win on his own strengths, not the weaknesses of others.
Once we start buying into this inevitability concept, we might as well toss the idea of getting Obama elected.
Dukakis thought he was inevitable. Look what happened to him. Hillary thought she was inevitable. The worst thing that can happen is to start buying into this rhetoric.
Obama is not inevitable, and there's a very good chance that he will lose in November.
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According to the poll, two-thirds of Obama supporters, or 67 percent, say they're extremely or very enthusiastic about voting for president this year. But only about one-third, or 34 percent, of McCain supporters feel fired up.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/17/morale.p...
http://www.etherzone.com/2008/raim060608.shtml
OBAMA CAPITULATES
Bleep! Bleep! Does not compute! Does not compute!
Not to belabor this point, but that is what a good journalist does. He writes. He doesn't just ask questions.
Of course, as long as McBush keeps on flip flopping on his positions, the more Bush-like he becomes. If he really believes he can ride in on Bush's coattails, he is stupider than we think, and a total loser.
He will not win because America hates Bush, or is tired of republicans, or the economy is down the crapper, or because McCain is a bad candidate.
If Obama wins, he will win on his own strengths, not the weaknesses of others.
Once we start buying into this inevitability concept, we might as well toss the idea of getting Obama elected.
Dukakis thought he was inevitable. Look what happened to him. Hillary thought she was inevitable. The worst thing that can happen is to start buying into this rhetoric.
Obama is not inevitable, and there's a very good chance that he will lose in November.
It's up to us to make sure that he wins.