The GOP’s five biggest “game changer” flops
November 8th, 2008 at 11:57am Pat Cunningham
Joe the Plumber ranked second on THIS LIST of failed campaign stratagems deployed by John McCain and his right-wing friends.
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November 8th, 2008 at 11:57am Pat Cunningham
Joe the Plumber ranked second on THIS LIST of failed campaign stratagems deployed by John McCain and his right-wing friends.
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3 Comments Add your own
1. Mr. Baseball | November 8th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
There’s no doubt that McCain ran an awful campaign. But while Obama easily won the electoral vote, I don’t understand how the popular vote was as close as it was. Any thoughts on that Pat?
2. Pat Cunningham | November 8th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Mr. B: Obama’s margin in the popular vote was 6.1 percentage points. That ain’t bad. The gap was greater in electoral votes because Obama’s campaign organization was skillful in targeting certain states. Demographically, geographically and ideologically, it was pretty much a smashing victory. It pains me to say this (and I mean that sincerely), but the Republican Party is in big trouble. It finds itself a Southern party in which the Religious Right and other social conservatives hold great sway. If that doesn’t change, the GOP faces tough times.
3. DingDong | November 9th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Now the truth, what most already knew is coming out. The main stream media is finally admitting their bias for Obama.
The Washington Post via their ombudsman admits they were a bit Pro-Obama.The op-ed page ran far more laudatory opinion pieces on Obama, 32, than on Sen. John McCain, 13. There were far more negative pieces (58) about McCain than there were about Obama (32), and Obama got the editorial board’s endorsement. The Post has several conservative columnists, but not all were gung-ho about McCain.
Stories and photos about Obama in the news pages outnumbered those devoted to McCain. Post reporters, photographers and editors — like most of the national news media — found the candidacy of Obama, the first African American major-party nominee, more newsworthy and historic.
The number of Obama stories since Nov. 11 was 946, compared with McCain’s 786.
Newsweek’s Meacham and Thomas admitted this week to Charley Rose they have been troubled a bit by the somewhat creepy nature of Obama’s singular being and his hold on his devoted followers.
Tom Brokaw admitted that he really does not know much at all about our President-elect.
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