Posted on 07/28/2008 6:01:37 AM PDT by DBCJR
... Their mixed feelings about the presidential race — and especially who will best keep America safe ... about one-fifth of the electorate, think the Iraq war was a mistake for the U.S. — which is Sen. Obama’s campaign — yet they are more comfortable with the proposed solution suggested by Sen. McCain.
...the dispute over the wisdom of the Iraq war and what course the U.S. should pursue there now can be seen as a proxy for the divide among the American people about how the next president should conduct foreign affairs. ... On average, 21% of the voters in those seven states said they thought going to war was a mistake, but favored the McCain plan for where to go from here.
Yet, when surveyed about their presidential preferences in June, 60% of these same voters said they were supporting or leaning to Sen. Obama, while only 31% said they were in favor of or leaning to Sen. McCain.
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Sen. McCain’s candidacy is handicapped by his Republican ties to the unpopular President George W. Bush and the obvious public desire for a different course ... McCain is stressing that he was the force that led to the “surge” in U.S. troops in Iraq that most analysts agree has improved the situation, while Sen. Obama was a vocal critic of it. ...
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in those seven states an average of 36% of those who think the war was wrong but oppose a strict timetable for withdrawal are independents — presumably voters most open to reconsidering their presidential choice.
Yet, it would be foolish not to consider the possibility that what these numbers reflect is a societal mindset that the issues other than the war — most obviously the economy — may override voters’ national security concerns. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...
He could announce that he is withdrawing his candidacy and retiring ‘to spend time with his family.’ That would win me over.
He could admit he was wrong about Amnesty, his support for Embryonic Stem-Cell Research, and the Carbon Cap and Trade system he supports and all of his Big-Government solutions to every problem that comes down the pike.
That would be a start!
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