What Should McCain Do Now?

[DawnCt1]

He needs to get loud and agressive regarding Obama's past.

What's his association with ACORN? (specifics please)
What's his association with Ayers? (specifics)
What's his association with Odinga and the Orange Democratic movement?

I'm sure there are many more great questions that need to be answered.

McCain needs to address all of those questions. People will care about Ayers when they see the depth of the relationship that Obama has denied. What is more important than why Obama likes Ayers is why Ayers likes Obama. What does he see in him that will advance his agenda? He needs to focus on ACORN as well. He is about to have the election stolen because of the fraud that has permeated each and every state. His meddling in Kenyan politics is very concerning. That needs to be discussed. The Washington Times came out with another article today about Obama secretly trying to meddle in the troop strength in Iraq. That needs to be looked at. Friendships with Rezko, how he benefited as well as Rashid Khalidi need to be looked at.

I think that McCain would do well to repeat what he said yesterday, investigations of those who caused the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac melt down. He named Dodd, Obama and Frank yesterday. He promised investigations. He should name Rudy Giuliani as his AG. Mitt Romney as Treasury Sec'ty for starters.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Dawn, you do not understand the psychology of what is going on.

For one ALOT of people are against the Iraq War.
Second when people hear Ayers was protesting Vietnam they "move along".
They understand being lied to by a President and being forced into a war that they don't want to be in. There are many out there angry over Iraq.

Now I am not saying what Ayers did was OK, so don't go there.

But for Ayers to be an effective attack on Obama, it is a tough sell for people as a campaign attack.

I am just speaking from a psychological POV. It won't work considering the climate of the USA today.

If you don't "get that" then I don't know what else to tell you.

 

[OceanAnnie]

I think the best thing McCain can do is expand on how he is different from Bush. He needs to expand on what he will do and how it is positive and different than Obama and why. McCain needs to hammer home that he is not Bush. We will not get "more of the same" as Obama's campaign spins. He needs to say his message with passion and umph.

 

[DawnCt1]

Dawn, you do not understand the psychology of what is going on.

For one ALOT of people are against the Iraq War.
Second when people hear Ayers was protesting Vietnam they "move along".
They understand being lied to by a President and being forced into a war that they don't want to be in. There are many out there angry over Iraq.

Now I am not saying what Ayers did was OK, so don't go there.

But for Ayers to be an effective attack on Obama, it is a tough sell for people as a campaign attack.

I am just speaking from a psychological POV. It won't work considering the climate of the USA today.

If you don't "get that" then I don't know what else to tell you.

A LOT of people were against the Viet Nam war but they didn't plant bombs. I was watching a documentary on Charles Manson last night and I recall what Ayers' wife, Bernadine Dohrn said when she heard that the Sharon Tate and the others in the house were brutally murdered. : "Dig it! First they killed those pigs and then they put a fork in their bellies. Wild!" Dohrn also charged that her fellow left-wingers showed themselves to be scared "honkies" for not burning down Chicago when Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was killed, and urged her audience to arm themselves and be "a fighting force alongside the blacks".
This is the home that Obama chose to launch his political career from! If Americans aren't offended by Ayers, lets look at his wife!

 

[Christine]

I think the best thing McCain can do is expand on how he is different from Bush. He needs to expand on what he will do and how it is positive and different than Obama and why. McCain needs to hammer home that he is not Bush. We will not get "more of the same" as Obama's campaign spins. He needs to say his message with passion and umph.

I agree. During this campaign, I have not seen his "maverick" side. In fact, he has done more pandering to his party than I would like. I think, in order to get elected, he really needed to play that part up. He really needed to be more vocal in his disagreement with Bush administration policies. He needed to show how opposed he was to some of their stuff. He needs to highlight how different he is going to be from the current administration. I think there were a lot of swing voters who were really leaning towards him (I was) to show how he was going to go against the last 8 years. I never saw that.

 

[BoyLovesBuzz]

Dawn, you do not understand the psychology of what is going on.

For one ALOT of people are against the Iraq War.
Second when people hear Ayers was protesting Vietnam they "move along".
They understand being lied to by a President and being forced into a war that they don't want to be in. There are many out there angry over Iraq.

Now I am not saying what Ayers did was OK, so don't go there.

But for Ayers to be an effective attack on Obama, it is a tough sell for people as a campaign attack.

I am just speaking from a psychological POV. It won't work considering the climate of the USA today.

If you don't "get that" then I don't know what else to tell you.

McCain is not going to get:

ALOT of people are against the Iraq War.

Is not going to get people that:

hear Ayers was protesting Vietnam they "move along".

Those people aren't going to turn. What he needs is that 6% - 8% in the middle. And it will be little shreds of doubt and suspicion that will sway those folks in the middle.

 

[bimshire]

Quit talking about why that one is bad, start talking about why he is better, and what he is going to do.

Absolutely!
This morning the Breaking News is that ALL global markets have plunged and there is no end in sight. Yet, all McCain talks about is OLD stuff and fear. His rally supporters are on the brink of violence and McCain loves it.

Saw on the news that Russia is bailing out Iceland. McCain has got his eye off the ball.

 

[tw1nsmom]

If you are referring to the keating five, according to the democratic lawyer in charge of the investigation, that would be Robert Bennett, it should have been the keating 3. He cleared John Glenn and McCain.

McCain was cleared only in so much as it was decided that the senate didn't have jurisdiction over him because he was a congressman when he manipulated things on behalf of Keating and the House decided that it didn't have jurisdiction over him because he was no longer a congressman. Convenient wasn't it?

He was, however, strongly reprimanded for showing extremely poor judgment. That poor judgment has been in evidence during his continued calls for deregulation. We see how that's turned out for the financial markets. He currently wants to deregulate health care. Who does he know in the insurance industry this time?

That poor judgment can also be seen in the cover up of his wife's drug addiction. Her manipulations of the staff of her nonprofit kept her supplied with illegal drugs (illegal because she stole the drugs from the charity and convinced the doctor in charge that she had cleared it with the drug enforcement agency that he could write prescriptions in other people's names). She ruined the careers of many, cost that doctor his license to practice, destroyed the charity she helped create and she spent only one week in rehab. Where was her prison time?

 

[castleview]

Hang in there is my guess. I thought Kerry was going to win last election, but half the people doing commercials for him didn't show up to vote.

 

[Pigeon]

I think that if McCain had allowed himself to be who he has been throughout the majority of his career, it would play much better with the American public. He has sold his soul to the right wing fringe element of the RNC in order to get the nomination. He has flip-flopped on so many issues. He comes across as a tired, petulant, old man, ready to serve up yet another dose of same-old, same-old. That's not what people are looking for right now. And picking Palin was just another nod to the hard right, who in the end would have voted for him anyway.

I think all the negative, mud slinging he's trying to do is getting him nowhere fast. People want answers to complex problems, not weird rehashing of ancient history that didn't amount to anything in the first place.

He has done a very poor job of articulating his plans about how he would solve the country's problems. He should focus on that.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

There's not much the McCain camp can do but maybe there's something that the RNC should do? Is there as way to install the Mittster as the party's new Presidential nominee? With the way this economic crisis has completely taken over the nation's collective consciousness, I'd think Romney would do more for the Republican party's hopes of victory than ol' middle of the road Maverick or far-right, light in the loafers Sarah could ever dream of accomplishing.

 

[Alicnwondrln]

Absolutely!
This morning the Breaking News is that ALL global markets have plunged and there is no end in sight. Yet, all McCain talks about is OLD stuff and fear. His rally supporters are on the brink of violence and McCain loves it.Saw on the news that Russia is bailing out Iceland. McCain has got his eye off the ball.

This is what I think is scary. Mccain and palin supporters yellling out things like kill him, terrorist, racial names. This isnt good and how will those people feel if BO does win. How can the country come together after so much anger and hate. I dont see JM stopping people he is inciting it.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

What he needs is that 6% - 8% in the middle. And it will be little shreds of doubt and suspicion that will sway those folks in the middle.

Then he has to give up what he is doing. He needs to hammer the economy issues to a pulp, how he is different from Bush.

He is centering his message on stuff that is just not on the minds of Americans at this point.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

This is what I think is scary. Mccain and palin supporters yellling out things like kill him, terrorist, racial names. This isnt good and how will those people feel if BO does win. How can the country come together after so much anger and hate. I dont see JM stopping people he is inciting it.

I completely agree. Not only do I not see JM and SP stopping the people, it feels like they are encouraging it. I think this is such a slippery slope that McCain and Palin are engaging in. It smells so strongly of desperation. It is also DANGEROUS!

 

[BoyLovesBuzz]

Then he has to give up what he is doing. He needs to hammer the economy issues to a pulp, how he is different from Bush.

He is centering his message on stuff that is just not on the minds of Americans at this point.

That is your take as an OS. But not for those who are looking for something, anything to hold on to.

Its not a stretch to say W is in the white house becuase Kerry gave back is medals or swift boat.

 

[corndog]

This is what I think is scary. Mccain and palin supporters yellling out things like kill him, terrorist, racial names. This isnt good and how will those people feel if BO does win. How can the country come together after so much anger and hate. I dont see JM stopping people he is inciting it.

You've apparently never been to the Daily Kos. Despite their constant calls for death, I'm unaware that any of them have ever acted on it.

 

[JimB.]

Personally I think it is too late for him to substantially change his message or image. If he ran as the guy he did in 2000, he would be TROUNCING Obama in the polls.

He gave that up to be "acceptable" to the far right wing nut jobs of the Republican Party. MY Party. Frankly, I am really disappointed by this.

He did not work harder to distance himself from GWB. He did somewhat, but not really. He should have NEVER made any appearances with him. Rightly or wrongly, GWB is the focal point for all of our present problems, & the Republicans & Republican candidates are going to be held accountable for it. People vote their pocketbooks, & the party in the White House is the party pays the price.

That's pretty much it. Honestly, I think the election is pretty much over, barring a 5000 point turnaround of the market & the capture of bin Laden in the next 3 weeks.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Personally I think it is too late for him to substantially change his message or image. If he ran as the guy he did in 2000, he would be TROUNCING Obama in the polls.

He gave that up to be "acceptable" to the far right wing nut jobs of the Republican Party. MY Party. Frankly, I am really disappointed by this.

He did not work harder to distance himself from GWB. He did somewhat, but not really. He should have NEVER made any appearances with him. Rightly or wrongly, GWB is the focal point for all of our present problems, & the Republicans & Republican candidates are going to be held accountable for it. People vote their pocketbooks, & the party in the White House is the party pays the price.

That's pretty much it. Honestly, I think the election is pretty much over, barring a 5000 point turnaround of the market & the capture of bin Laden in the next 3 weeks.

I hate to say it and hope otherwise, but I agree. All of the nation's problems have been laid at the Republican's feet (my party). I do think we have responsibility, but not all. The times and history are against McCain. Sometimes, I'm not sure anything he does or did would change the current sentiment.

 

[Mickeyistheman]

Mccain is going to have an uphill battle. I would like to see his passion. He used to have it when he spoke, but that was 10 years ago. He was younger then and maybe had more vigor in him. The Palin choice he thought would probably give him the win because Obama didnt' pick Hillary well that did backfire for him. Now instead of really putting "Country First" he decided to put politics first and do all these weird things. Suspend your Campaign? Well the economy is still bad are you going to suspend it again?

I also feel that people don't want to hear the hate anymore about Obama. Talk about what YOU are going to do differently and bring the country back from where we have been the past 8 years.

Mccain really hasn't said that, he has become quite a different man. He keeps saying he goes across the aisle to the other side? What exactly does that mean? You are a Republican so why are you going across the aisle. Instead of just saying that give some examples of the past 2 years of how you did that, not 10 years ago because that doesn't matter now.

No Politian is perfect but when you have people your own supporters calling those names about Obama and your VP nominee says "you people get it" is very very alarming. You are promoting hate. They can boo, thats fine and expected but the name calling in that manner is wrong and they both should be the bigger and better people and tell their supporters to stop it.

 

[Bob NC]

I'm a McCain supporter, BUT....

He's got a bunch of things working against him. #1 being he's the "in"party. The Repubs have the presidency now and there's people out there that think the Repubs are responsible for everything from the Bailout to their bad meal at Burger King. I honestly think Pelosi could win right now. Who in their right mind would be looking at this Obama airhead if the economy was booming?

Obama also has the benefit of the entire media being on their knees in front of him. I have never in my life seen the media so biased. My business is involved in a HUGE deal right now. We are making a big sale to a businessman who is doing record setting business. The local news affiliate caught wind of this and decided to do a "feel good" story about how well this business is doing in this economy. The producer of the story at the local affiliate called their national network to see if they had interest in running the story. The answer came back that the news division of the network said there are to be no positive stories on the economy on their network until after the inaguaration.

McCain has forces working against him like we've never seen.

I honestly think it's too late for McCain. If you were McCain looking at this Community Organizer, (And short term United States MOST liberal senator), with absolutely no executive experience of any kind....AND you were losing to him, what the heck could you do?????