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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I think this election is honestly the Republican's to lose. I like McCain, he's more of a moderate republican, and I think he gains a lot of points due to his age, experience and track record.
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As pointed out in the Frank Rich/New York Times column I posted earlier, the Republicans will only nominate McCain holding their noses and there are many who would rather lose the election than have McCain representing them.
He's the only Republican who can win but they might not want him.
That simply highlights that BOTH parties are desperately in need of shedding the extreme but very loud partisans that have been controlling them lately and I think the American public agrees with that somewhat, hence, as I noted earlier, middle-of-the-road appeal of a Democrat like Hillary, who would hang around Iraq for awhile, and McCain, a Republican a lot of Republicans hate for his "liberal" points of view.
It's also an odd observation that independents are a big prize but independents seem to favour a young black whippersnapper/idealist who would exit Iraq immediately AND an old codger/war hero who would stay there indefinitely.
I think Obama, at this moment, but maybe not at another moment in history, would be a sad mistake for America . . . . . Carter, in spite of his recent rehabilitation, left office with lower approval ratings than GW Bush II currently has.
Also, I think I have to turn this board off for a few days so I can get some work done.
Cowperson